Housing crisis looms as work booms
THE INVASION of itinerant construction workers superimposed on the forces already billeted in Campbeltown has taken up all the homes for rent and led to long waiting lists for newlyweds and newcomers taking up permanent posts in the town.
The situation is going to worsen to an accommodation crisis as the number of construction workers more than doubles from 200 to 500 at RAF Machrihanish and from 30 to 70 at the Campbeltown hospital site.