The group accused of reneging on an alleged agreement over the £20,000 a year in community benefit being paid from certain hydro power schemes on Loch Arkaig, near Achnacarry, says it will not give up the money, writes Mark Entwistle.
Last week the Lochaber Times reported the resignation of a councillor from the Spean Bridge, Roy Bridge and Achnacarry Community Council in the row over which group should hold the funds – the Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) which operates alongside the community council or the SCIO which operates alongside the ABC (Achnacarry, Bunarkaig and Clues) Group.
The subsequent resignation of Sandy Edmond, from Achnacarry, has forced the community council into abeyance due to an insuficiency of elected councillors.