Argyll and Bute Council’s new parking regulations and the introduction of charges at previously free car parks in Oban drew widespread criticism.
Duncan Ferguson: ‘Why not free parking for householders? i can’t justify paying for a permit when I’m parked outside my house 1 day a week! its a sham! I can drive 200 yards and get it for free! surely there must be some give and go for the boys maintaining the town?’
Fergie McIver: ‘So, I pay for my residents permit, if there’s no spaces or if all the spaces are taken up by blue badge holders who may or may not live in the town but not in my street, I got to park in the car park not 50m from my house and I have to pay again, this is a disgrace , you will drive people away from the town with this sort of nonsense.’