The Kintyre Forum

Can someone enlighten me as to what the hell is being built/constructed at the bus terminal on the esplanade.

It was bad enough seeing the wooden panels going up round the water/sewarage house but now they are being constructed on the triangle patch of ground opposite and even worse in the middle of the road!

Can someone please advise me, as a resident, what this is and how long this will be there for? Was planning permission allowed for this? How can we allow this to happen to one of the nicest spots in the town????

Fed up resident!

Is that not the serewage overspill tank thats to be erected for up to 6 months whilst they repair the pumping station??

Aye ah hear thats right Gus, and that ther fence is tae stop folk see'in in.
Thir wur be sum smell doon thir very soon, an a pity oh these folks in thim flats that will be able tae see intae the tank, an smell ah whoot cums oot.

Thanks Gus and Pop (4 times you said that!)

I don't know if you have been down this way lately but a new tank was built and boarding has been erected round it - not particuarly nice but fair enough if it is with regards the work on the sewerage system.

However, opposite, fence posts have been erected and boarding put up to the end of last week. I'm not joking it is an absolute eyesore. Come down and see yourself. Can't believe it is on the road too. Why??

Surely someone is in the know??

Sorry that this is my first posting - I've enjoyed the board for some time now so I decided I would be like the rest of you and have a right good moan about something!

Aye ah ken KRR, ma hans ur sheckin bad the noo an a hit the sem button fower times.
Ah bett'r go fur a wee la doon.

Kinloch Road Resident wrote:Sorry that this is my first posting - I've enjoyed the board for some time now so I decided I would be like the rest of you and have a right good moan about something!

Oh, if its moaning and groaning and carrying on you want, you have found the right place! By the time you are done here, you'll probably have a lot more to moan and groan about! Welcome!

Kinloch Road Resident - I know what you are on about.

A few enquiries locally to MY MOLE have advised that the latest area to have been fenced off is in fact for the Porta-Kabins which will be located there while Scottish Water undertake their work. Now here is the real scoop, and sorry to have to break this to you KRR but:--

It could be there for as long as 2 years!

Have to agree, perhaps the nicest place to sit and eat a bag o Elaine's chips now spoiled.

Kinloch Road Resident - firstly welcome on board and thanks for such a healthy posting!

I know what you are on about - it is pretty shocking what has been erected but must be there for a reason.

I've got a photo of this somewhere, I'm sure. Will post tomorrow - early to bed tonight...

Don't worry KRR, if they are built as well as the Swimming Pool, wi the wee BREEZE in the toon tonight, they will probably be down in the morning!!!!

E.

My Mid-Argyll mole asked me if I had heard of the Berlin Wall and the Bamboo Curtain before telling me that Fawlty Towers have named this the Plywood Palisade and not the Esplanade Erection as some wag had suggested
It has been built as a trial to keep the Dalintober folk confined to the east of the town and if it proves successful, a full scale version, 20 feet high, is to be built in brick at the West Loch to keep us all in

oorly

If this area is for Porta-Kabins why are they digging up the road

howlsatthemoon wrote:If this area is for Porta-Kabins why are they digging up the road

Good point as they may not be for Porta-Kabins but does that justify the road be dug up?

Quite surprised no-one can answer on here as there is a separate forum for this - perhaps I am posting on the wrong area???

Anyway, howls, have you seen it? Do you think it looks alright? Would you be happy if they did this outside your residence?

Can anyone advise me where I can find out information? Perhaps I should have went to meetings but I suppose I was too stupid to think that something like this would be erected? What are the rest of the plans? God forbid the Kilkerran residents as the pipe goes along that way!

Ma mole telt me thur diggin it up so thurs a hole tae pit awe the sper topsoil oot oh the Aqualibrium intae. An ift thirs a lump oan the road thu'll call it a speed bump.
Ah think it cuid well be a big hole for sum oh oor cooncilars tae beery thir heeds in.
Then agane a also herd thit the paraffin man hud bought it fur breedin them bloody worms in.
But cuid it be thit thir lookin fur that fiver the Workin Cless Hero loast.
Or wuz it the fact that D.p loast hee's wae hame at new year an thur lookin fur it, for him.
Sumwan sed thirs a smell oh fish, so thir diggin the rod up tae try an trace whir its cummin fae. Had they jeest ask'd me, a wid huv telt thim it wuz fae oor Elaines chip van.
Naw al tell ye whoot its really fir, reports wur recieved that Bubbly was gane under groon, ah'l bet its he's hole.

Yes I have seen it KRR, looks like they are digging to get at another tank, there is also a large concrete flange lying inside the fence(the mystery deepens)

I feel sympathy for the residents of Kinloch road. When was the last time that they did not have some sort of building or demolition work going on outside their windows? And when will it ever be finished