HAVE YOUR SAY

on solutions to worsening traffic disruption in Oban

Marion Evans, 53, from Oban, said: ‘I have come from behind the hospital today and there were no problems with traffic, but I have noticed that the car park is very busy today. I had to circle round twice. Sometimes when you are coming out of here you almost meet cars as the lights change quickly. The lights create a bottleneck at peak times.’

Mr Twigg, 63, from Oban, said: ‘ The only complaint I have is with what used to be a round about at the station. All it takes is a bus to go passed and there’s no room.’

Margaret Wilson, who is from Glasgow, but comes up to Oban all the time, said: ‘I think the difficult thing with Oban is you only have one way in and out. If there was another road it might help – a road that bypassed the front and led to the shops and Tesco.’

Stuart Kerrane, 52, from Swindon, said: ‘It’s quite busy today. When we got in to Oban that’s when we hit the traffic. It was pretty bad. It took us about 30 minutes to get through town and to get parked. ‘ You can’t really do much in a town to fix it. It’s just the way it’s built.’

Campbell Files, 49, from Oban, said: ‘ The traffic is rubbish. It’s congested all the time. I think if they put two more roundabouts that would help. If they took away the car park next to the factory shop and made a roundabout and if they also put one at the high school. The money spend on the pavements could have been better spent and put towards the roads.’