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Residents claim the workforce is from Glasgow and could bring the virus into Oban, putting townspeople and the Soroba estate at risk by staying in local accommodation and using shops and other facilities.
Despite pleas for the work to be delayed again until the virus eases, the project deemed ‘essential’ is continuing.
Notices of Scottish Water’s intentions went up just days before the major work was due to start – the first phase could last until next May.
Bus stops on either side of the road, heavy traffic from the Soroba Estate plus traffic from Nant Drive and issues with burst water pipes were included in objections
Soroba Young Families Group won this month’s Argyll Estate Agents charity donation with 95 votes, second with 23 nominations was Anam Cara Fasgadh and third with 11 nominations was Oban and Lorn Riding For The Disabled.
Posters featuring Jimmy and funded by Soroba Community Enterprise Ltd are going up on big bins around the estate urging residents not to over stuff them.
Black walls and ceilings, uneven and spongy flooring and an overhead calamity in the kitchen are just a few of the problems suffered by Daniel Smith and his family over the last six years.
The contract is to the value of £150,000 and the work, which is due to take until March, will cover four blocks.
Colin Carnie, 50, from Glasgow, was put on the sex offenders’ register and allowed bail.
Former fire fighter George Berry is now fighting to have a designated space for emergency vehicles approved
