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Managed decline

Sir,

Arran roads are indeed crumbling under North Ayrshire Council’s negligence but, in his letter to Elma Murray, Jamie Greene confined himself to mainland road problems and made no specific mention of the perilous state of Arran roads. Of more concern is the complacency of Ms Murray’s management- speak reply which implies everything is OK.

She states: ‘The council has an asset management approach for road maintenance and undertakes condition assessments of all our roads on an annual basis.

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