Overarching Island Issues
• Climate change impacts • Marketing and promotion – highlighting successes and opportunities • Digital connectivity (mobile phone and broadband) • Public services • Economic Activities • Secure and adequate electricity connections • Governance Issues • Transport connectivity (integration) • Healthcare provision • Transport infrastructure • Island Culture • Agriculture/crofting –local food production and added value (this could possibly be in • Island specific skills and training
• Local responsibility for local resources The table below focuses on the issues that are specific to certain islands as opposed to those that apply across all islands such as Broadband and mobile phone coverage
Developme Ferry Costs – Ferry Links- island to Food Production – Aging Affordabl Communit nt RET – Scottish island as well as added value Air Services - PSO 200 201 Pop Access Pop e y Land/land Ferry Government mainland to island/life 1 1 Chan to Jobs Profile Housing Cohesion Deprivation ownership Capacity Ferry Plan 2012 line services ISLAND Pop Pop ge BUTE AND COWAL Poor reliability in bad Issue – closing of 7,22 6,49 Bute Oversup weather, not linked to creamery 8 8 -10% Poor Yes ply Some No trains HELENSBURGH
AND LOMOND Inchtavannach (Loch 3 3 Lomond) 0% Nil MID ARGYLL, KINTYRE AND ISLANDS Insufficient Hebridean Transport Abattoir – issues 3,45 3,22 Islay Insufficie at peak PSO around viability and 7 8 -7% nt Insufficient times Yes support 50 pas, 9 Jura 188 196 +4% vehicles No Indirect Master Communit 203 pas, Gigha 110 163 +48% plan y buy out 12 vehicles Yes Clamac Timetable not Argyll & Bute PSO Colonsay 108 124 203 pas, linked to PSO Air +15% Yes 12 vehicles Yes Services Danna 5 1 -80% No Elean da Mheinn -- 1 (Crinan?) + No OBAN, LORN AND
THE ISLES Abattoir - issues 2,66 2,80 Mull 926 pas, around viability and 7 0 +5% Limited Insufficient 70 vehicles No Not linked to trains support Argyll and Bute PSO Tiree 770 653 Limite 506 pas, and Transport -15% d Yes Limited Insufficient 56 vehicles Yes Scotland PSO Seil 560 551 -2% Limited No No 40 pas, 5 Fixed link? – STAG for Luing 212 195 -8% Yes Limited vehicles No fixed link Clamac Timetable not Argyll & Bute PSO Coll 164 195 506 pas, linked to PSO Air +19% Limited 56 vehicles Yes Services 203 pas, Lismore 146 192 +32% 12 vehicles No Limite 250 pas, Iona 125 177 +42% d Yes Limited Expensive 10 vehicles No Some 12 Fixed link? – STAG – Easdale 58 59 +2% tensions passengers No new ferry Limite 12 pas, 5 Kerrera 42 34 -19% d cars No Ulva 16 11 -31% No Oronsay 5 8 +60% No Erraid 8 6 -25% Innis Chonain (Loch +400 1 5 Awe) % +200 Shuna (Luing) 1 3 % Gometra 5 2 -60%
Urban Waste Water Water Capacity Education - Fuel Health Ports and Harbour Public Tourist Tourist Fabric Capacity Supplies Care Infrastructure Transport Roads Accommodation Numbers Condition ISLAND BUTE AND COWAL Poor - Rothesay Bute town centre - THI HELENSBURGH AND LOMOND Inchtavannach (Loch Lomond) MID ARGYLL, KINTYRE AND ISLANDS Islay Issues Limited Issues Issues Jura Issues Gigha Colonsay Danna Elean da Mheinn (Crinan?) OBAN, LORN AND THE ISLES Lack of Mull GPs Issue Falling Tiree Improvement Subject to Issues Issues required flooding Seil Limited Luing Secondary Coll school – Oban Lismore Iona Works required Falling Easdale Missing road link Issues Kerrera – CCF Application Ulva Oronsay Erraid Innis Chonain (Loch Awe) Shuna (Luing) Gometra