The Kintyre Forum

Am I the only one angered at the state of the local streets and undrained roads, pools of surface water hiding large pot holes, caused one of my visitors a tyre !!I know the heavy rain must have taken a toll, but with special Government funds available for flood control/prevention will Argyll & Bute Council not take advantage? Try phoning, anyone you want to speak to is away to a 'MEETING' at Lochgilphead. Am I not talking to the right person? Drains in various parts of the town are blocked. Usually a machine comes to clear out.....................not this winter. The water eventually seeps away, but tough if you happen to be walking when a car splashes through.

There are some particularly nasty concealed potholes on the bends at Ballochgair, presumably pecked-out by the logging lorries.

I don't begrudge them the access but surely they should put right the damage they do.

You don't really appreciate how bad some roads are until you've ridden them on a bike.

Totally agree - the roads are a disgrace both in the town and on the country roads.

A lot of people blame the wood lorries, but there are wood lorries throughout the Highlands negotiating roads similar to ours - but not the pot-holes!! Why can't our local council - or their delegated agents - maintain our roads to the standards you see in the Highland Council area?!!

It has been a particularly wet winter, but I remember years ago you used to see the verge side ditches and the drains leading from the road to them being cleared frequently. Does this still happen?

Its probably only a matter of time there is a serious accident!

It is actually a disgrace that the Scottish Exec cover the roads as far as Kennecraig then eveything south of that falls under the Council. Should go all the way to Campbeltown.

Lochside wrote:Am I the only one angered at the state of the local streets and undrained roads, pools of surface water hiding large pot holes, caused one of my visitors a tyre !!I know the heavy rain must have taken a toll, but with special Government funds available for flood control/prevention will Argyll & Bute Council not take advantage? Try phoning, anyone you want to speak to is away to a 'MEETING' at Lochgilphead. Am I not talking to the right person? Drains in various parts of the town are blocked. Usually a machine comes to clear out.....................not this winter. The water eventually seeps away, but tough if you happen to be walking when a car splashes through.

Lochside - put your complaint in an e-mail or a letter - the Council has to repsond to that - at least within 21 days. If you phone and no-one is available leave your name and number - someone will get back to you.

Failing that e-mail one of the three local councillors - it is amazing how quickly your questions get answered from the council then!

Just down the Southend road today, really atrocious.


petewick

I blame the tax dodgers and benefit cheats who deny the road fixers the money needed to do the repairs....., and I blame the people who don't report the tax dodgers and benefit cheats.

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I have attended a good number of Kintyre Initiative Working Group meetings over the past 10 years, one of the most consistent issues raised by council officers at these has been the under funding of the road budget and the lack of commitment from Argyll & Bute Council to support a proper planned road maintenance and upgrade programme. Donnie MacLeod who heads roads pulls no punches with councillors; they are well aware of the problem.