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Huge public response to road petition

THERE has been a huge and immediate response to an urgent call for action to make theA85 safer in the Dunbeg area.

Within days of its launch, 750 people had signed Dunbeg Community Council’s online petition.

And The Oban Times is backing the demand for action in the wake of a series of accidents that have caused traffic chaos in recent days.

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