Issue - meetings

The Chair advised that Roads had advised that the current schedule for street sweeping in Sandbank is a manual sweep once a fortnight with a mechanical sweep once a month and it was understood that the mechanical sweeper attended for its scheduled clean recently but due to budget reductions over recent years there was no longer the resources and flexibility to increase the frequency of cleansing in this area. Roads further advised that the Timber Transport grant was funded through a competitive bid process and funds can only be used on what was bid for. This year’s round of funding was for capital improvements to road surfaces which were damaged or suffer stress from timber transport and it was unlikely that they would receive funds in the future for street sweeping. The Forum noted that the Argyll Timber Transport Management Group continue to liaise with the haulage company with regards to the cleaning of the lorries and have made them aware of their responsibilities

The Forum noted the advice received from Police Scotland in relation to Section 95 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 regarding deposit of mud or other material from vehicles on roads and it was noted that the Police had not received any complaints in this regard.

Outcome

The Forum noted the updates.