Delaying new harbour authority is ‘in no one’s interest’
The warning comes as Oban Bay Management Group-backed council plans for a municipal port for the town.
The warning comes as Oban Bay Management Group-backed council plans for a municipal port for the town.
Argyll and Bute Harbour Board meets on December 2 after looking at a series of options on how best Oban bay should be managed.
Earlier this week the image had generated more than 200 reactions from people including almost 50 comments with many calling for better action from agencies to keep the bay clean.
If Argyll and Bute Council and community harbour supporters are unable to find a way to work together the only alternative is a private commercial port – an option rejected by the public in 2018.
There have been no new spillages within Oban Bay but a second report was made about further contamination emanating from the Black Lynn burn
The diesel spill in Oban Bay left the sea ‘pink and stinking’, according to concerned residents who reported the incident on Saturday morning.
Pace is picking up and the level of interaction between the council and OCHDA over Oban Bay’s future has raised in the last few weeks
The meeting at the Argyllshire Gathering Halls on February 4 at 7pm will give people a chance to find out more about plans for the Bay to be run as a community harbour trust port.
The jetskis were speeding round a Mull ferry then using warning buoys to nip in and out and between before doing the same with a fishing vessel.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise funding might be a possibility for a consultant to take the project forward.