Comments on: Ardyne Point development – white hope or white elephant? http://forargyll.com/2009/11/ardyne-point-development-white-hope-or-white-elephant/ Fri, 25 May 2012 07:18:55 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Spikehttp://forargyll.com/2009/11/ardyne-point-development-white-hope-or-white-elephant/#comment-19181 Spike Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:06:58 +0000 http://forargyll.com/?p=17599#comment-19181 Do we really need another marina? The Clyde is well served with Inverkip and Fairlie. Bute has two new ones, if on a much smaller scale, in Rothesay and at Kames Bay and lets not forget the new, ongoing development at Portavadie and futher up in Oban. Where are all these boats going to come from, there are only so many to go around. Given the weather in autumn / winter I cannot see anyone wanting to work or live there either. Has regards the ferry terminal, while anything that will give Calmac competition is to be welcomed, it will be far from that easy. Argyll and Bute council may own the Victoria pier at Rothesay, but I could not see them allowing Western Ferries to come in and out of there, side by side with Calmac, there would just be to many complications, especially in the arranging of the vehicles in the marshalling area. So would mean that a another ferry terminal would need to be built on Bute facing Ardyne point, somewhere between Ardmaleish boat yard and Ardbeg Point. I believe Western Ferreies have already said that they will not build it themsevles but rent it from whoever does builds it, and who could do something like that ? Does the Council have the money, given the current times, probable not. A private company, again doubtful. There was talk of Community funded project, but where do you start with something like that ? Do we really need another marina? The Clyde is well served with Inverkip and Fairlie. Bute has two new ones, if on a much smaller scale, in Rothesay and at Kames Bay and lets not forget the new, ongoing development at Portavadie and futher up in Oban. Where are all these boats going to come from, there are only so many to go around. Given the weather in autumn / winter I cannot see anyone wanting to work or live there either.
Has regards the ferry terminal, while anything that will give Calmac competition is to be welcomed, it will be far from that easy. Argyll and Bute council may own the Victoria pier at Rothesay, but I could not see them allowing Western Ferries to come in and out of there, side by side with Calmac, there would just be to many complications, especially in the arranging of the vehicles in the marshalling area.
So would mean that a another ferry terminal would need to be built on Bute facing Ardyne point, somewhere between Ardmaleish boat yard and Ardbeg Point. I believe Western Ferreies have already said that they will not build it themsevles but rent it from whoever does builds it, and who could do something like that ? Does the Council have the money, given the current times, probable not. A private company, again doubtful. There was talk of Community funded project, but where do you start with something like that ?

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