COMHAIRLE nan Eilean Siar has welcomed a new round of stakeholder engagement and consultation on ferry services affecting the Outer Hebrides.
At this week’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Brian Fulton, director of community and stakeholder engagement, provided the comhairle with an update on matters associated with the arrangements for stakeholder engagement and consultation to be implemented by CalMac, in particular the establishment of a community board.
Councillor Uisdean Robertson, chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said: ‘We warmly welcome this new consultation and stakeholder engagement on ferry services affecting us here in the Western Isles. These are lifeline services which are of huge importance to our economy and it is vitally important that people share their views.