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Premium Content Subscriber only Supplying the Northern Rivers with underground water from Alstonville instead of building the Dunoon Dam could become a contentious ‘Lismore vs Ballina’ issue, according to two former Rous chairs. Former Ballina mayor and former Rous chair, Phillip Silver, is worried the Alstonville Plateau does not hold enough underground water to serve the four LGAs involved ‒ Ballina, Byron, Lismore and Richmond Valley. “Staff have already told Rous council...

"At the end of the day, we also need to ensure that our decisions don’t mean people paying more rates in the future."

BMT gets design contract for Scotland’s new energy-efficient ferry January 12, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic Scottish government-owned company Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has awarded a contract to design and engineering firm BMT to provide consultancy services for the concept design of a new passenger ferry for the Gourock, Dunoon and Kilcreggan routes.  As informed, the new ferry will be designed to replace the vessels currently operat...

Argyllshire Advertiser Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However, rest assured that access to all Covid related news ...

Campbeltown Courier There could be island-only wards for Islay (pictured), Jura and Colonsay. Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our...

BMT Awarded Contract for New Gourock Ferry Concept Design Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has awarded a contract to international design and engineering firm BMT to provide consultancy services for the concept design of a new passenger ferry for the Gourock, Dunoon and Kilcreggan routes. The new ferry will be designed to replace the vessels currently operated on the routes by CalMac. The contract is part of the Gourock Harbour Infrastructure & Vessels Project, which is a partnership b...

Police hunt for man who raped and disembowelled Dunoon woman By Shakirah Thebus Share Cape Town - Police are searching for a man who had raped and disembowelled a Dunoon woman last week and left her for dead. The 39-year-old woman is in a stable condition after having required surgery for severe injuries on account of rape and disembowelment by an unknown attacker in Dunoon. The woman was admitted to the New Somerset Hospital on December 26 and discharged on Wednesday, after her condition becam...

Gourock pier drone picture. Photo supplied by and courtesy of CMAL Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) awarded a contract to BMT to provide consultancy services for the concept design of a new passenger ferry for the Gourock, Dunoon and Kilcreggan routes. The new ferry will be designed to replace the vessels currently operated on the routes by CalMac. The contract is part of the Gourock Harbor Infrastructure & Vessels Project, which is a partnership between Transport Scotland, CMAL, CalMa...

Want to read more? At the start of the pandemic in March we took the decision to make online access to our news free of charge by taking down our paywall. At a time where accurate information about Covid-19 was vital to our community, this was the right decision – even though it meant a drop in our income. In order to help safeguard the future of our journalism, the time has now come to reinstate our paywall, However,  rest assured that access to all Covid related news will still remain free...

FERRY commuters who have endured an average of 99 cancelled sailings a month since the introduction of second-hand and lightweight passenger-only boats on the Gourock-Dunoon route are set for brand new reliable vessels. Nearly a decade after Argyll Flyer and Ali Cat — operated by Caledonian MacBrayne — came into operation, and racked up more than 11,000 failures to run, consultants have been appointed to draw up a concept design for the ferries which must replace them. Scottish Govern...