Venue: Timber Pier Building, Dunoon
Contact: Andrea Moir, Senior Area Committee Assistant - 01369 708662
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE Minutes: Apologies for absence were intimated by: Councillor Jim Anderson Councillor Bobby Good Councillor Audrey Forrest Councillor Yvonne McNeilley George Fiddes, Transport Scotland Willie Lynch, Dunoon Community Council Fulton McInnes, Hunter’s Quay Community Council Graham Revill, Kilmun Community Council Kevin McIntosh, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ and Bute Council Gordon Ross, Western Ferries Iain Catterwell, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ Timber Transport Group |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST Minutes: No declarations of interest were intimated. |
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Cowal Transport Forum – 12th June 2018 Minutes: The minute of the previous meeting of the Cowal Transport Forum held on the 12th June 2018 was approved as a correct record. |
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POLICE SCOTLAND |
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Speeding Issues at Sandbank Road Minutes: A
representative from Police Scotland was not present at the meeting, therefore
no update was provided. Outcome Paul
Farrell informed the Group that a speeding survey on Sandbank Road was due to
be carried out in the next six weeks and he would report back to the Transport
Forum with the findings. |
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FERRIES UPDATE |
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Dunoon to Gourock Ferry Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ Minutes: Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ Ferries 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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TRANSPORT SCOTLAND |
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VMS Update Minutes: George
Fiddes provided the Group with the following email
update: VMS
signs have been installed and are due to be commissioned next month. Outcome
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A83 Minutes: George
Fiddes provided the Group with the following email
update: A83
Rest and Be Thankful (£1.8M) Catch pit works – Phases 7 and 9 have been
progressed throughout August and are anticipated to be completed in September
2018. The excavation work in Phases 7 and 9 is almost finished with just
the shaping of the final base level left to complete. Once these final
excavation works have been carried out, the works will focus on installing the
remaining soil nails located on the lower slopes and installing the shotcrete
wall in both phases. Finally, for the protection of road users a vehicle
restraint system will be installed along the front of the pits prior to fully
opening the trunk road to traffic. Outcome
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TIMBER TRANSPORT GROUP Report by Iain Catterwell, Project
Officer – Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ Timber Transport Group (To Follow) Minutes:
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MOTORBIKE NOISE POLLUTION: UPDATE BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Minutes:
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT |
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Helensburgh - Carrick Castle Bus Service Minutes: Martin
Arnold provided the following update: SPT
have confirmed that they will amend the service 302 (Helensburgh
– Carrick Castle) timetable to allow a connection from Glasgow – Lochgoilhead – Carrick Castle. The 1425 departure from Helensburgh will depart ten minutes later (on Saturday and
School holidays) to connect with the 926 at the top of the Rest and Be Thankful.
This will likely come into effect circa November 2018. Outcome
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Alexandra Parade Bus Minutes: Martin
Arnold provided the following update: Emails
have repeatedly been sent to McGill’s commercial and marketing personnel
regards the possibility of a reduced fare on the route from Dunoon
Ferry Terminal to Hunter’s Quay along Alexandra Parade. Current fare is circa
£5.90 – essentially the fare to Gourock minus the
ferry ticket cost. Thus far they have seemed receptive to the idea of a reduced
‘local service’ fare although have had no feedback yet on if and when that will
actually be introduced. Public Transport will continue to chase this and update
the forum when more information is available. |
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Bus Stops, Toward: Update on Site Visit Minutes: Martin Arnold will request an update from Stephanie McGlynn and report back to the Group. |
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Dial-A-Bus Minutes: Martin
Arnold provided the following update: Following
calls from the Forum to better publicise the Dial-A-Bus, Public Transport will
be liaising with the Communications team to put out information on social media
and will be looking to produce a flyer for distribution to GP’s surgeries,
hospitals, sheltered housing, befrienders groups etc. The Dial-A-Bus will
continue to feature in the Cowal area transport booklet. |
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Fountain Quay Bus Shelter Minutes: Martin
Arnold provided the following update: Public
Transport have been informed by the Estates department that the proposed bus
stop at Fountain Quay cannot be sanctioned as this would negatively affect the
sale of Dunclutha. After the sale has concluded then
Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ and Bute Council can negotiate the use or sale of the minimal amount of
land required for the shelter with the new owner. An update to the Forum will
be provided once timescales are confirmed. |
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Cowal Games Buses Minutes: Archie
Reid informed the Group that on Cowal Games Saturday, West Coast motors had
always run a late bus to Strachur but this year the service did not run. He
explained that West Coast Motors had apologised but he would like it raised
with them again to ensure this doesn’t happen next year. Outcome Martin
Arnold agreed to write to West Coast motors to request that the late bus runs
to Strachur next year on Cowal Games Saturday. |
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482 & 483 Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ: Update from Traffic Commissioner Minutes: Martin
Arnold provided the following email update: The
bus service looping around Alexandra Parade had minor improvements coming into
effect on the 2nd of July. This improvement involved all-but-one of
the buses on the service extending from their final stop at Dunoon
Ferry Terminal, up Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ Road and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ Street to West Coast Motors bus
garage ‘on service’. This means that passengers travelling in from Alexandra
Parade can get transported directly to the main shopping area on Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æ Road,
rather than making the walk from Dunoon Ferry
Terminal. A
general discussion was held regarding the bus stop at Kames. Outcome
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ROADS UPDATE |
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TRO Updates Dunoon Pier, Rest & Be Thankful and Royal Crescent Minutes: Dunoon Pier The
TRO is progressing and the Roads department are currently dealing with any
objections that have been lodged.Ìý If
they are unable to resolve the issues this will end up being subject of a
hearing. Rest and Be Thankful The
TRO for this is now complete. Royal Crescent This
area is being monitored by Wardens but nothing further will be progressed until
a change in legislation regarding parking on footways is passed. |
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Parking Restrictions Bus Bays at Queens Hall; Tudor Team Rooms and Morrisons Minutes: Bus Bays at Queens Hall The
Roads department are progressing this as a TRO and are currently dealing with
any objections lodged re the parking proposals.Ìý
Again, if these cannot be satisfied there will be a hearing. Tudor Tea Rooms and Morrisons There
is currently a perceived misuse of these bays by touring coaches. An amendment to
the existing TRO would be required in order to make the bays enforceable and to
ensure usage is by local buses only. |
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Road Markings Victoria Road/Hamilton Street; Bencorrum Brae; Wellington Street; and Old Police House, Kilmun Minutes: Victoria Road/ Hamilton Street This
area has been completed. Bencorrum Brae Still
to be completed. Wellington Street Lining
is complete but traffic order still in progress. Old Police Houses Kilmun Paul
Farrell will look into this and come back to the group regarding walking
space.Ìý His understanding was that the
reduction in the marked area was only 100mm. Outcome
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Speed Surveys: Kirn and Cairndow Minutes: Kirn Paul
Farrell advised that he had not yet re-visited the area at the garden centre as
yet to redo the survey but would do so in view of the inclement weather during
one of the previous undertaken surveys. Cairndow It
was noted that a response regarding the recent speed survey would be sent to Cairndow Community Council from Kevin McIntosh. The
Forum also noted ongoing speed surveys at Sandhaven,
Cot House Millhouse and that a request would be made
for a survey at Colintraive. |
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Traffic Management in Tighnabruaich, Kames and Millhouse Minutes: Michaela
Blair, on behalf of Kilfinan Community Council,
raised concerns regarding appropriate signage, signs in the wrong place and
sight lines being impeded. She requested flashing thirty signs and rumble
strips be put in place. Outcome
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ANY OTHER COMPETENT BUSINESS Minutes:
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DATE OF FUTURE MEETINGS Monday 17th December 2018 Monday 18th March 2019 Minutes: It was agreed that the next meetings of the Cowal Transport Forum would be held on: · Monday 17th December 2018 · Monday 18th March 2019 |