March 2013
Transportation
Committee of 20 March 2013 resolved to note that… the three bus service
contracts serving Laxdale School and the Nicolson Institute shall not be
tendered after April 2014 unless all required road safety and traffic
management improvements have been implemented.
April 2014
Details
of improvement works.
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Site Location
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Reason for
Improvement
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Estimated Costs
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Progress at
18 August 2014
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Craggan’s
Corner/
Newvalley
Junction
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Footway
provision does not extend far enough up Newvalley road to allow crossing away
from vehicles manoeuvring at junction
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£35k
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Engineering
team have started looking at the design of the corner at Craggans corner and
hope to have a scheme in place (assuming no service issues), delivered for
November.
|
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Blackwater
Housing /
A857
Junction
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Lack of
roadside footway along narrow bridge
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£15k
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Following
a meeting with the local community group and the local Councillors from the
Blackwater area it was agreed that the preferred route to the bus shelter
would be through the community park. Changes to the internal footpath
layout with some funding assistance from the Comhairle is being carried out
by the community, to make the access more accessible. This is a much
better option than accessing the road at the Blackwater bridge and will be less
costly. This project is nearly complete.
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Bayhead
River near Bennadrove/Newvalley Junction
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Single
track bridge has no footpath provision
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£30k
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Looking at
options to improve safety in the short term. We intend to have discussions
with Stornoway Trust over the possibility of a timber structure to span the
river beside the existing structure. The short term works can be delivered in
September with any additional bridge works following.
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Baker’s
Road
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Road is
narrow and has no footway provision; verges are narrow with little step-off
facilities
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£30k
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This is a
small project which will be delivered in September /October using the Roads
maintenance framework.
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Benside –
Bridge over Laxdale River
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Road at
bend and approaches to bridge has no footway provision; visibility is poor
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£10k
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This is a
small project which will be delivered in September /October using the Roads
maintenance framework.
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TOTAL
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£120k
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Are
council decisions like the infamous "Vow" - promises and commitments
unlikely to be honoured?
