Followers of the Scottish Government's politically useful "shovel-ready" projects list might have noticed that one of these, the £2 million for pier upgrading for the Gourock-Dunoon ferry, is opposed by local MSP and beleaguered Scottish Government minister, Mike Russell.
Followers of the Scottish Government's politically useful \"shovel-ready\" projects list might have noticed that one of these, the £2 million for pier upgrading for the Gourock-Dunoon ferry, is opposed by local MSP and beleaguered Scottish Government minister, Mike Russell.
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Even if he doesn't exactly "rail against" them, as the campaigning Cowal Courier has it, he is quoted as being "not a great fan of the [pier] pontoons idea".
As Russell is painfully aware, this is a subject on which local passions run high. Voters in the Cowal peninsula hate the pontoons proposal as it would entrench a passenger-only service they see as unfit for purpose (because the lighter craft are often cancelled). As route-user and Strathclyde University professor Neil Mackay has it, a reliable service is essential to local commuters, who prefer the heavier and less weather-dependent car ferry service.
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