New car park and trees on community council agenda

A contract to build Tobermory’s new car park has gone out to tender.

Mull Community Council heard from the town’s Traffic Management Group (TMG) that it could be another three months before the contract is awarded which means it might be towards the end of this year when work starts on it at the top of Tobermory near the graveyard at Baliscate.

‘Who would start digging up Tobermory in June? No-one really and how would you find accommodation for people working on it? It would be impossible. It’ll probably be October or November when it can start, I’d think,’ said Angus Williams, a TMG member.

A request has been made for more outdoor public seats at Fionnphort near the bus and ferry stances.

There is a kiosk at the popular spot but it can only fit nine people when social distancing, community councillors heard.

There is no bus shelter and bus drivers can only let people onboard 20 minutes before departure times. A letter will now be sent to Argyll and Bute’s head of roads and infrastructure services Jim Smith.

Reports of overhanging and fallen trees in Tobermory has prompted a recommendation by community councillors that Argyll and Bute Council surveys the area to make sure it is safe for people to walk round.

The community council is also aware there is a hole in the all-weather pitch in the town and is contacting Argyll and Bute in the first instance to get it fixed.

Police on Mull have reported a number of people being stopped for having no road insurance and MOTs. A non-insured vehicle can be seized by the police.

A letter is being sent to Argyll and Bute chief executive Pippa Milne about street lights between Back Brae and the Western Isles hotel in Tobermory not working again. It took more than two years to fix and for some to be replaced in 2021 after repeated complaints but just a few months into 2022 some are out of order once more.

The next community council meeting will be on Zoom on Wednesday March 3. Argyll and Bute MSP Jenni Minto (SNP) will be joining in for part of it and taking questions.