Did the council have a job lot of yellow paint to get rid of

[Mr.Everready]

I don't think its a matter of people not liking change, it's rather over kill don't you think ?

There are now double yellow tabs on the pavements too, this means no stopping/loading at any time afaik. The single tabs means no loading at certain times, but I'm pretty sure the towers will be coming through as and when it suits them.

[EMDEE]

I don't think its a matter of people not liking change, it's rather over kill don't you think ?

This is quite definitely overkill, and again an example of profligacy by our lords and masters with our money. Has Argyll & Bute Council provided any explanation as to why this was necessary in Millknowe? (An area of the town plagued by parking congestion?)

I would have thought that Millknowe from Mill Street to the County Garage is wide enough to accommodate two way traffic without having to restrict parking. The only people that this will affect surely are the bowling club members and the residents in the houses across the road.

This is just another example of the restriction of our liberties and the demonisation of motorists.

Unless it is part of the preparation for the town becoming the renewables capital of the west coast of Scotland?

In answer to Martin, I think what you are seeing is probably an optical illusion, similar to the delusion of the town becoming the renewables hub of the west coast, but then I don't have the perspicacity that Argyll & Bute Council have, but then again, they have no control over the economic forces governing the likelihood of this ever happening.

[WC1]

Well said, Morris. This whole "investment" is based on the assumption that whoever is running the wind towers factory will go on running it for many years to come. While nothing would please me more than to know that the jobs of those working out there are secure, I have my doubts. When you see news reports of plans to make Rosyth a 'renewables hub', with massive investment aimed at producing the same product right on the dockside, ditto at Invergordon, you really have to wonder how long it can last. Meantime the whole character of our town has been altered, and not for the better. Perhaps this is something more of us should have expressed concern about at the public consultation sessions (one or two of us did) but people are certainly waking up to it now.

[maxmix]

Meantime the whole character of our town has been altered, and not for the better.

Well there is nothing that can be done about it now ! It's here for ever !!!

The cash that has been invested in this must have been massive ! At least we will have a few hundred yards of decent road surface for a while yet

Pity the Council don't do anything to improve the other 200 miles + of road... We have the worst road surfaces I have ever seen !

Crazy !

But yep, great paint job all the same

maxmix

[maxmix]

Meantime the whole character of our town has been altered, and not for the better.

Well there is nothing that can be done about it now ! It's here for good !!! There will be no cash to put it back to the way it was !

The cash that has been invested in this must have been massive ! At least we will have a few hundred yards of decent road surface for a while yet

Pity the Council don't do anything to improve the other 200 miles + of road... We have the worst road surfaces I have ever seen !

Crazy !

But yep, great paint job all the same

maxmix

[maxmix]

Meantime the whole character of our town has been altered, and not for the better.

Well there is nothing that can be done about it now ! It's here for good !!! There will be no cash to put it back to the way it was !

The cash that has been invested in this must have been massive ! At least we will have a few hundred yards of decent road surface for a while yet

Pity the Council don't do anything to improve the other 200 miles + of road... We have the worst road surfaces I have ever seen !

Crazy !

But yep, great paint job all the same

PS I'm more concerned about the amount of accidents the one way system will cause.... The amount of nutcase drivers that don't look at road signs or traffic lights is unbelievable !

maxmix

[Pete Reek]

What's with the tie ins on Kinloch Road?
They re-set a new kerbline and the level of the existing road is higher than the new bit!
You drive along from Tesco's side and drop into a dip.
Maybe the AWP is meant to distract your attention from the balls up.

[muppetanimal]

The new Aqua Ave IS narrower than either Millknowe/Longrow or Kinloch Road, nice to see the forward planners giving us room for all the towers vehicles. You come off the roundabout at the quay turning left onto Kinloch Road and have to drive round the new nib at the Black Sheep Pub, only to discover than someone has parked a vehicle at that same nib to make the turn even tighter ...... can someone with the yellow paintbrush line this area too because if we want wide roads for turbine lorries we need this area to be clear of parked vehicles as well. Councillors take note

[Hels]

I'm actually glad to see the yellow lines at the bowling club as it is quite a bottle-neck there when cars are parked on both sides.

I am utterly amazed that there has not been a serious accident outside Jim Martins though with the lack of lines there! Its confusing enough for locals who know how it used to be, but for visitors to the town it must be totally baffling!

[Swanseajock]

I'm actually glad to see the yellow lines at the bowling club as it is quite a bottle-neck there when cars are parked on both sides.

Now I might be looking at this through long distance rose tinted specs, but my question is "Are you having a laugh?" The Longrow, Millknowe and the Main Street (as well as several others) are the widest streets I have ever come across in any town or city anywhere I have been in the UK. From the first photo it shows that even with a van parked it still allows a car to get past on it's own side. Traffic calming it might be, bottle neck never

[Niander]

I dont understand i hope i can still park the van somewhere!

[WC1]

And Longrow is no longer to be the main road out of town. A new sign is going up outside Martin's bookshop indicating that the route to Glasgow is now to the bottom of Main Street, left at the Royal Hotel, and then via Kinloch Road. I don't remember that being in the public consultation.

[Mr.Everready]

I assume they will be resurfacing the whole of Kinloch Rd. then ?

[Ship called Dignity]

I'm actually glad to see the yellow lines at the bowling club as it is quite a bottle-neck there when cars are parked on both sides.

Now I might be looking at this through long distance rose tinted specs, but my question is "Are you having a laugh?" The Longrow, Millknowe and the Main Street (as well as several others) are the widest streets I have ever come across in any town or city anywhere I have been in the UK. From the first photo it shows that even with a van parked it still allows a car to get past on it's own side. Traffic calming it might be, bottle neck never

I'd agree with Hels, when there are cars etc parked on both sides it is too narrow for cars on both sides to travel through. Kinloch Road was the widest but the Cooncil and their consultants and ensured that is no longer the case...

[Hels]

Exactly what I meant Ship Called Dignity - parking on both sides caused a problem. I have no issue with parking on one side at all.