Issue - meetings

Update by North West Area Manager, Transport Scotland

The Committee gave consideration to an update provided by Transport Scotland’s North West Area Manager on works scheduled to be carried out on the A83 and the A82 Loch Lomond side over the following 4 months.

Discussion took place around the planned methods of resurfacing; works scheduled to take place in Campbeltown between 29^th March and 8^th July 2021; the ways in which required repairs to the roads were identified and progressed; the need for improved communication with Members in relation to repairs to roads; the plans for a pedestrian crossing and general future improvements at Kinloch Road, Campbeltown; and joint working between Transport Scotland, Argyll and Bute Council and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park to prepare for potential visitor management requirements in the summer months.

Following queries from Members, the North West Area Manager agreed to liaise with BEAR Scotland colleagues in relation to verges at Tayinloan requiring clearing following flooding issues over the winter; the deteriorating carriageway between Bellochantuy and Killegruer caravan site; the need for repairs at the roundabout near Tesco in Lochgilphead; and a sunken manhole at Corran.

Decision

The Mid Argyll, Kintyre and the Islands Area Committee agreed to note the contents of the update.

(Reference: Report by North West Area Manager, Transport Scotland, dated 3^rd March 2021, submitted)