THE CHAIRMAN of the comhairle’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has called for the intervention of the Minister for Transport and the Islands, Humza Yousaf, to address significant and growing concerns over the performance of Transport Scotland and Cal- Mac following the recent disruption to ferry services across the Clyde and Hebrides network. Councillor Uisdean Robertson said he has personally been inundated over the past several weeks by a huge amount of complaints regarding the levels of service, the extent of disruption and the lack of effective communications by CalMac.
‘The non-availability of a single vessel, the MV Clansman, has had wide-ranging implications across the network. I have received complaints from many members of the public and businesses in the Western Isles, and I am aware that the implications have been felt in other communities elsewhere in the network,’ said Councillor Robertson.
‘The lack of resilience and of suitable spare capacity in the fleet is unacceptable and must be dealt with by the minister as a matter of urgency.