A83 reopening: Engineers play a blinder. Infrastructure Secretary – sets up a...
This afternoon has been a game of two halves.On one hand there has been a team of Scotland Transerv engineers and road workers who have done a superb job to free the hostage to the A83 that is...
View ArticleArgyll and the Isles Tourism on the A83 Task Force
In recognition of the hard economic impact of A83 closures when landslides hit Rest and Be Thankful, Mike Story, CEO of Argyll and the Isles Tourism, has been invited to join the Task Force being set...
View ArticleArgyll First on A83 Task Force
The Argyll First group of c0uncillors which is a member of the new coalition administration of Argyll and Bute Council, have been invited by Cabinet Secretary, Alex Neil, to be a member of the Task...
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A83: Scotland Transerv bed in at Old Military Road as Task Force meets
As Cabinet Secretary Alex Neil’s Task Force on the landslide-prone A83 meets for the first time, Scotland Transerv, the action arm of Transport Scotland is today setting up shop at the entrance to the...
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A83 Task Force meeting
The Task Force for the A83 trunk road at Rest and Be Thankful met for the first time yesterday – 15th August – at the Three Villages Hall on Arrochar.The meeting was chaired by Transport Minister Keith...
View ArticleA83 stakeholders meeting: report and issues
Jacobs are the consultants retained by Transport Scotland to deliver a study on the A83 Tarbet to Kennacraig trunk road route. It is more than a moot point whether this can even be an appropriate study...
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A83 emergency diversion: Transport Scotland does not yet have landowner...
We understand that Transport Scotland may not, even yet, have an agreement in place with the landowner in Glen Croe, through whose domain runs the historic old military road below A83.This is planned...
View ArticleA83 situation unacceptable
[Update 31st October 15.00 - warnings lifted] 30th October. The A83 is yet again under warnings of increased risk of landslide at Rest and Be Thankful,There is no sign of any more movement on the...
View ArticlePhiland keeps up pressure on Transport Scotland on stalled A83 emergency route
Councillor Dougie Philand of the Argyll First group and an administration member of the Task Force charged with overseeing the completion of the emergency diversion route for the A83 is – like all of...
View ArticleFinal notes from last Taskforce meeting on A83
Here is a downloadable pdf of the final notes from the last meeting of the A83 Taskforce, held on Friday, 14th December 2012: A83 Task Force – Final Minutes of Meeting 3 This was the meeting at which...
View ArticleFantasy access to Argyll: Transport Minister pulls a fast one on A83...
Transport Minister, Keith Brown, must have gone away from Inveraray on Monday 25th February, struggling to conceal a smile.Job done.The A83 Task Force he had set up and which was never more than a...
View ArticleFinal minutes of the last A83 Task [not] Force [not] meeting
[Updated below - 20th March] Pain at the lack of strategic focus at this crucial meeting of the A83 Task Force on 25th February 2013 of those charged with representing Argyll’s interests in achieving a...
View ArticleA83 Task Force becomes overarching transport advocate for Argyll
The A83 Task Force met for the 5th time today, 4th September in Arrochar. Born from a hillside sliding repeatedly across the A83 at Rest and Be Thankful, effectively cutting Argyll off from much of the...
View ArticleDelays to Stornoway port works postpone linkspan closure at Ullapool
[Updated below] Caledonian MacBrayne has announced that delays to the completion of the Stornoway port upgrade have pushed back the start date for the linkspan closure at Ullapool Harbour. Neither...
View ArticleNorth Sea caught in a nutcracker
There is a massive power game going on in the worldwide oil industry, between OPEC and the USA – a nutcracker of a game in which the pressure on the North Sea is no more than collateral damage.The game...
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HMS Argyll in amphibious capability exercise at Browndown Beach
Royal Marines have stormed Browndown Beach, Gosport, as part of an exercise demonstrating their amphibious capability.More than 80 Royal Marines from 40 Commando based in Taunton, supported by troops...
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