A MEETING on Friday May 11 brought together community representatives in Uist with CalMac’s managing director Robbie Drummond and Na h-Eileanan an Iar MSP Alasdair Allan, who chaired the event.
Ferry services to Uist have recently experienced considerable disruption. During the Easter period the MV Hebrides was taken off the Uig triangle to be replaced by the smaller MV Hebridean Isles, while it was sent south to service Tiree, Coll and Colonsay. This decision was later reversed. The Mallaig to Lochboisdale route has also been cancelled until the end of May.
Dr Allan said: ‘The past few months have not represented CalMac’s finest hour. In terms of the problems at Easter in particular, I cannot recall a similar level of confusion and service disruption in my time as MSP for the islands.