Council leader to visit Ardnamurchan

Highland Council leader Margaret Davidson, right, says she intends visiting Ardnamurchan in the near future, just a week after a councillor raised concerns about the state of the area’s roads and signs.

Councillor Davidson was replying to a verbal question from Inverness South ward councillor Duncan Macpherson, who also lodged a written question for Thursday’s full council meeting.

Councillor Macpherson told fellow members: ‘Places like Ardnamurchan, Caithness and Sutherland feel like they’ve been neglected and forgotten about after seeing the roads crumbling after years of underfunding and where visitors can barely read the road signs.

‘So when will the leader and chief executive of this council visit the community in Kilchoan and drive to the Ardnamurchan lighthouse and see for themselves the extent of the road repairs needed and the lack of passing places? And I would advise they better take a map because without it they may not reach their destination,’ he asked.

Councillor Davidson replied: ‘I intend to be on the Ardnamurchan peninsula very soon.’

Councillor Macpherson’s written question – which the Lochaber Times had reported on last week – asked if the local authority ruling administration would consider enacting a boundary change that would allow Ardnamurchan to revert back to Argyll and Bute control.

In a written reply, Councillor Davidson told Councillor Macpherson: ‘The Ardnamurchan peninsula has been well represented by elected members for many years, as I am sure you were informed on your recent visit.’