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Dunoon - Gourock Ferry Update

Meeting: 03/03/2020 - Bute and Cowal Area Committee (Item 10)

10 DUNOON TO GOUROCK FERRY SERVICE pdf icon PDF 76 KB

Report by Interim Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Infrastructure

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Minutes:

Members considered a report which provided some background detail relating to the Dunoon to Gourock ferry service along with plans for the future.

 

Decision

 

The Bute and Cowal Area Committee;

 

1.    agreed with the constituency MSP, Michael Russell, that the timetable for the procurement of new vessels for the Dunoon-Gourock service is “completely unacceptable”; and

 

2.    agreed to send the following letters;

 

a)    to Mr Russell welcoming his comments and asking him to let the Council know what efforts he is making to speed up the procurement process and the Scottish Government’s responses to his efforts; and

 

b)    to Paul Wheelhouse MSP, the Minister responsible for this service, drawing his attention to the damage this long delay will cause to the Cowal economy and calling on him to speed up the procurement process.

(Reference: Report by Interim Director with responsibility for Development and Infrastructure dated February 2020, submitted)

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