Service Disruptions

We have been unable to complete commercial general waste collections for Clachan, Skipness and Knapdale today, 30th July. 

Collections will now take place on Saturday 1st August. 

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Campbeltown Customer Service Point will close early at 11am on Tuesday 4th August. Customers can continue to access telephone and online services during this time. The Customer Service Point will reopen and resume normal hours from 9:00am on Wednesday 5th August.

We are currently running a day behind with food waste collections. 

If your bin is missed, please leave it out for collection as we aim to catch up by the end of the week. 

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

We were unable to carry out some recycling collections along the limited access routes last week. Please could residents leave their bins out to allow us to catch up on missed collections as soon as possible. See below for details of affected areas.

Affected areas:

• Wednesday 22nd July - Helensburgh, Tarbet, Arrochar, Portincaple
• Thursday 23rd July - Shandon, Rhu 
• Friday 24th July - Cardross

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Due to a vehicle breakdown, glass collections scheduled in Fionnphort and the Isle of Iona on 29 July will not take place. We apologise for the inconvenience. Details of the revised collection date will be published here as soon as they are available.

Due to a vehicle breakdown, recycling collections scheduled in Bunessan on 28 July could not take place. We apologise for the inconvenience. Details of the revised collection date will be published here as soon as they are available.

Due to a mechanical issue affecting one of our refuse collection vehicles, we are currently operating with a reduced fleet and have only one collection vehicle available. Please see below for details of affected collections. 

Affected collections:

• Monday 27th July - We were unable to complete collections in Port Ellen due to the reduced vehicle availability. Residents are asked to leave their bins out for collection, as we aim to complete these collections on Thursday 30th July 2026.
• Wednesday 29th July - Commercial glass collections will not take place as planned and will instead be collected on Wednesday 5th August 2026.
• Thursday 30th July - Commercial general waste collections across Islay will be postponed and will now be carried out from Monday 3rd August 2026.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and appreciate your patience and understanding while we work to restore normal service.

We have been unable to complete commercial general waste collections on Gigha today, 23rd July due to the refuse collection vehicle being contaminated with used oil which was disposed of in a bin. The RCV has had to return to the mainland to be cleaned. 

UPDATE 28/07/26 - commercial waste collections will be carried out on Thursday 30th July.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Green bins on Serpentine Road and Mountpleasant Road will be collected a day later than the published schedule going forward, with uplifts taking place on Wednesdays instead of Tuesdays. 

We hope to have the bin collection calendars on our website updated soon to reflect this change.

Due to a vehicle breakdown, glass collections due on 15th July in Bunessan will not take place. 

UPDATE 27/07/26 - This collection will now take place on Friday 31st July.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

The Council is making arrangements for the diversions below to be put in place and for ‘Business as usual’ signs to be put up to support businesses in the street affected. 

Further information and updates on the road closure are available here - East Clyde Street building safety and road closure

Details of the diversions

East bound vehicles 

Diverted from West Clyde Street left onto William Street and then right onto West Princes Street. Continuing along West Princes Street / East Princes Street turn right onto Glenfinlas Street and left onto East Clyde Street

West Bound vehicles

Diverted from East Clyde Street right onto Charlotte Street and then left onto East Princes Street. Continuing along East Princes Street / West Princes Street turn left onto James Street and right onto West Clyde Street

East bound pedestrians

Diverted from West Clyde Street left onto Sinclair Street and then right onto East Princes Street. Continuing along East Princes Street turn right onto Maitland Street and left onto East Clyde Street

West bound pedestrians

Diverted from East Clyde Street right onto Maitland Street and then left onto East Princes Street. Continuing along East Princes Street turn left onto Sinclair Street and right onto West Clyde Street

Due to subsidence on a section of Ardencraig Road, a temporary closure has been put in place. 

An update will be provided once a full assessment has taken place. 

Pedestrian access may be limited when work is ongoing. 

Scottish Water will be undertaking a watermain upgrade along the B8016 at the River Laggan Road Bridge. Work is scheduled to begin on the 9th of March 2026 and is expected to take approximately three months to complete.  

Due to the nature and location of the works, a section of B8016 will be fully closed throughout the duration of the project.

There is currently an ongoing issue with the postcode look-up on the payment portal. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Our provider is looking into this. 

The A83 Lochnell Street re-opened this afternoon (24 December) under traffic signal control.

Parking restrictions on Lorne Street, Union Street and Manse Brae have now been revoked.

Thank you for your patience.

Last updated: 24/12/2025

Road closed at Gribun rocks.

B8035 Kinloch - Gruline Road - Isle of Mull

Closed to all through traffic due to rock falls at Gribun Rocks.

Diversion via A849 Kinloch - Craignure - Salen 

• B8035 Gribun Rockfalls and Road Closure - Project information page

• Details of Temporary Prohibition of Traffic Order - Tell Me Scotland

• News item - B8035 closure - 16th August 2025

• News item - Preferred options agreed for Gribun solution - 20th March 2026

Electric Vehicle Charger Faults

We have some faults across our network of EV chargers at the moment. We are working with our maintenance contractors to have these repaired as soon as possible.

Faults should be reported to Scottish Power on 0800 001 5234  

You can see the full range of publicly available chargers in Argyll and Bute via the Scottish Power Recharge App and Zapmap

Chargers with faults

You can find the live status of all chargers on the Scottish Power Recharge app.