Sir,
I write further to the front page news and editorial comment in the July 7 edition of the Argyllshire Advertiser, describing the trunk roads authority’s failure to reach agreement with the appointed contractor for improvement of the bad bend on the A83 at Strone Point, just north of Inveraray.
I was informed by a member of the highways administration that as this contract has been ‘unawarded’ there would eventually have to be a re-run of the statutory procedure for third party notification, consultation and agreement on the scope of the road closures and diversions – which would further delay the start of work.