Councillors have represented the transport needs of P站色情片 and Bute in an official response to the Scottish Government鈥檚 National Transport Strategy.
Responding to a public consultation on the draft National Transport Strategy, known as NTS2, P站色情片 has supported the Strategy鈥檚 commitment to an inclusive and accessible transport system that results in a fairer and more prosperous Scotland, while calling for guarantees that there is no adverse impact on rural areas.
The council鈥檚 response, which was agreed by councillors at a meeting of the full council today (October 17), recognises that transport is critically important to P站色情片 and Bute, given that 鈥渢he region is the second largest geographic area of any Scottish Local Authority but with less than 2% of the total population of Scotland.鈥
The response continues: 鈥淚t will be essential that there is significant investment by the Scottish Government to address the connectivity and cost disadvantages faced by remote and rural areas. At present lack of investment in key transport infrastructure, poor resilience on strategic transport arteries such as the A83 and disproportionate journey times between key settlements and the Central Belt are constraining opportunities to grow the local economy and contributing to a drift of population from some remote and island communities.鈥
Councillor Alastair Redman, Policy Lead for Economic Growth, said: 鈥淥ur response to this vitally important consultation process sets out very clearly what we would expect to be included in a National Transport Strategy for all of Scotland.
鈥淭he draft Strategy鈥檚 priorities are sensible, but we need to be sure that P站色情片 and Bute鈥檚 unique challenges 鈥 such as our 23 inhabited islands and mainly rural infrastructure 鈥 are considered and that there isn鈥檛 a 鈥榦ne size fits all鈥 approach.鈥
The draft NTS2 can be viewed online at: https://www.transport.gov.scot/media/45149/national-transport-strategy-draft-for-consultation-july-2019.pdf