The Argyll First group of councillors are leading a campaign to bring Argyll’s arterial road, the A83 up to standard.
They are concerned with:
- the lack of action to deal with closures through its susceptibility to landslides
- the ‘pinch points’ that exist at Inveraray and between Lochgilphead and Tarbert
- the lack of proper crossing points at the villages of Ardrishaig and Tarbert
- the trunking of the road between Kennacraig and Campbeltown
They are asking all residents of Argyll and Bute and all users of this road wherever they live to email support for this campaign.
An article about the campaign is here: http://forargyll.com/2011/12/argyll-first-campaign-for-the-a83-up-and-running-
SIGN ONLINE NOW
In the interests of convenience for supporters and for the reach of the campaign, Argyll First has today (22 December 2011) set up an online petition whose results will be conveyed, with those of the entire campaign, to the Scottish Government in February 2012.
The A83 affects the lives and businesses of almost every resident of and visitor to Argyll.
Here is the link to the online petition. Please sign it now – for yourself and in the interests of Argyll – first.
Sort the Rest–and be thankful.!
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Maybe we should re-name it for the campaign to have a greater impact.
How about:
Survive and be Thankful!
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Please sort the A83 at the Rest and be Thankful. It makes living beyond the landslide untenable.
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We travel this road on a regular basis to lochgoilhead. When slips occur and road is closed it is a lengthy detour with few petrol stations.This means a full tank of petrol is necessary.We recognise that the road must be a engineer’s nightmare Is it possible to upgrade the old road to allow one way traffic(controlled by lights) for cars or small vans.Alternatively upgrade the forestry road.These 2 could be combined to allow directional one way traffic.
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Once the council and traffic scotland have wasted hundreds of thousands of pounds on pointless meetings and surveys we may strike it lucky , they may admit they dont know what they are doing and get help from someone who does , until this country weeds out the idiots put in decision making positions we will all pay
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Not enough is being done about this, I went to a meeting with Transport Scotland last Tues in Lochgoilhead and came out no wiser than I went in, only for the road to be closed less than 24hrs later, they still talking about studies, reports, advice from Austria, germany ect with a budget of £100K for this and a possible funding of £1m, would they not be better to spend this money on upgrading the forest road?? whilst I understand U cant defy nature not enough is being done and this has been an issue for years, well before the much publicised 400 tonne of 2007 & 1000 t of 2009, they are in process of procuring more netting to cover much of it, but this is really a short term solution (didnt really work at Stromeferry which is still closed since Dec)
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I thought that they were starting work immediately on improving the forestry road to act as a diversionary convoy route. I can’t help remembering the well-publicised comment of a Glasgow politician on the (now completed) ‘missing link’ between the M8 and the M74 on the south side of Glasgow – that it was being ‘studied to death’.
The ‘possible funding’ of £1m is surely ridiculous, and while netting will catch larger rocks and boulders it won’t stop mudslides – and the sooner the design of whatever’s needed in the way of shelters and viaducts is completed and they’re constructed, the better.
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