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Simon
Richmond, Caledonian MacBrayne informed the Group
that it was business as usual and they hadn’t been given any further update on
future plans.
Caledonian MacBrayne
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Simon
Richmond from Caledonian MacBrayne informed the Group
that work on the slip at Colintraive is now completed
and work was planned to start in Rothesay on the 24th January for 16
weeks which would result in one boat berthing at Gourock
during this period.
Outcome
Councillor
Blair suggested that Caledonian MacBrayne look to
apply to Windfarm Trusts for a contribution to toilet facilities for Colintraive.
Western Ferries
Gordon
Ross informed the Group that infrastructure works were still ongoing with an
estimated completion date of Easter 2019 and that year to date for 2018 Western
Ferries ran 22,000 sailings and cancelled 48 sailings.
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Dunoon to Gourock Ferry Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ
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Yvonne
Hanley from Caledonian MacBrayne provided a statistical breakdown on sailings,
passengers numbers and breakdowns for the July and August period for Dunoon,
Colintraive and Portavadie.
The
Forum held a discussion regarding the tender process, current extension of
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ Ferries contract, future plans and infrastructure challenges.
Outcome
Western Ferries
Captain
McLundie informed the Group that figures are up on last year particularly over the
period covered by Cowal Games and the water ski championships. Cowal Games from
a ferry perspective ran smoothly with only one reported incident. Within the
last quarter there was one weather disruption due to inclement weather that
lasted for four hours.
He
also informed the Group that the Linkspan at McInroy’s Point was now completed
and work on the Hunter’s Quay linkspan commenced on the 27th August
with a completion date scheduled for the end of December 2018. A planning application has been submitted to the National
Park to allow construction of overnight berth and crew access, and installation
of fenders and bollards at Kilmun Pier. Captain McLundie said that the
application included proposals aimed at protecting the pier structure
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