SNP Challenge Councils Madcap funding of roads
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:16 pmSNP Challenge Councils Madcap funding of roads
A motion brought by SNP members of the Mid-Argyll Kintyre and Islay Area committee, Councillors John Semple and Anne Horn has forced Argyll and Bute Council to examine its policy for funding the repair and maintained of roads in Argyll and Bute.
This action came about as a result of statements made by the Councils Transport Spokesperson independent councillor Duncan MacIntyre under sustained pressure over a number of months, councillor Semple explains -
‘We have discovered that Councillor Macintyre has been pulling the wool over the eyes of the public for years about the way roads maintenance and repairs are funded. Last year he tried to tell us that our roads were maintained using “asset management principles” and denied that there was any disparity in the state of repair of roads between the different areas of Argyll and Bute
‘It is clear from statements made by officers to our Area Committee that this is not the altogether the case, but you don’t have to be a detective to get that, you only have to travel around the county to see the criminal inequality, some roads are gold plated while others are falling apart.
‘At Thursday’s Council meeting we will hold Councillor MacIntyre to account for his misleading madcap statements on road maintenance and repair. ‘
A motion brought by SNP members of the Mid-Argyll Kintyre and Islay Area committee, Councillors John Semple and Anne Horn has forced Argyll and Bute Council to examine its policy for funding the repair and maintained of roads in Argyll and Bute.
This action came about as a result of statements made by the Councils Transport Spokesperson independent councillor Duncan MacIntyre under sustained pressure over a number of months, councillor Semple explains -
‘We have discovered that Councillor Macintyre has been pulling the wool over the eyes of the public for years about the way roads maintenance and repairs are funded. Last year he tried to tell us that our roads were maintained using “asset management principles” and denied that there was any disparity in the state of repair of roads between the different areas of Argyll and Bute
‘It is clear from statements made by officers to our Area Committee that this is not the altogether the case, but you don’t have to be a detective to get that, you only have to travel around the county to see the criminal inequality, some roads are gold plated while others are falling apart.
‘At Thursday’s Council meeting we will hold Councillor MacIntyre to account for his misleading madcap statements on road maintenance and repair. ‘