An announcement by Transport Scotland that it has appointed an engineering firm to design a solution to a dangerous section of the A83 has been sharply criticised by campaigners, who have described it as ‘a nonsense’.
The Rest & Be Thankful Campaign (RBTC) said if the Highlands road on the Kintyre peninsula was anywhere else in Europe it would have been rebuilt by now and it has accused the government of insulting hauliers and other businesses, writes Chris Tindall.
Last month, the Scottish government said Atkins WSP Joint Venture would be appointed to a £25m contract to design a medium and long-term solution to the Rest & Be Thankful, which in recent years has increasingly been plagued by landslides.
