Work Continues On £1.5m Argyll And Bute Roadworks Programme

Work is continuing on a £1.5 million council roadworks programme in Argyll and Bute.

Surfacing improvements are currently being completed and scheduled to finish at the end of this month. Work is being carried out in a number of areas, from Kintyre to Lorn, Lomond to Mull.

The scheme forms part of wider a £3.6m investment programme involving surface dressing, which seals the road to stop water getting in and improve skid resistance, as well as convering the entire carriageway with a new surface.


Areas where work is being carried out include;

• Bute – the A844 at Marine Parade

• Mull – Tobermory village and the B8073 from Calgary to Tobermory

• Lorn – the A819 from Dalmally to Bovuy

• Mid Argyll – the C38 at Kilmichael Glen, C39 at Crinan Harbour and the B841 at Bellanaoch

• Islay – the A846 Low Road between Glenegedale aand Bowmore, and the C12 Cluanach to Cachliaidh

• Cowal – the A880 at Blairmore, the A886 at Meechans Grave and the A815 at the junctions of the B836 and A880

• Kintyre – B842 Grogport, B8001 Gartavaich and B842 Carradale

• Lomond – C69 Glen Douglas, C70 Glen Fruin and the B833 at Knockderry and Kilcreggan

(LM/MH)