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No 61, June 2018 Issue No 61, June 2018 become a sponsor and see your logo here too? delivered free to every address in Kilmallie A huge thank you to all the businesses below for sponsoring the newsletter. Our newsletter costs this year have been met by their sponsorship donations, from KCC’s limited funds, from a grant from Lochaber Housing Association, from donations from the community and, most of all, in kind from all our many volunteers. We rely on the contributions from our business community for the cost of producing and distributing this free newsletter to every address in our area. We welcome sponsorship from all businesses located in Kilmallie, or with principal key personnel resident in Kilmallie. If you would like to see your name or logo in print supporting your community newsletter, please join with our current sponsors. All donations, big or small, are hugely appreciated. Please contact us at [email protected] for details. FORT in this issue WILLIAM TYRE SERVICES KCC from the chair – p2 for better or worse - p2 KCC meetings – p3 action on noise - p4 plans afoot - p4 slower, safer, smilier - p5 community policing - p5 new Belford Q&A - p6 missives from MSP- p7 Councillors’ Corner - p8 Banavie quarry - p9-11 Blar masterplan - p12-13 in memory - p12 Liberty Q&A - p14-17 2040 vision p18-19 High Notes - p20 Banavie School News - p21 Canal News - p22 Community Centre - p23 wind loads - p24 BOYD BROTHERS CLYDEBoyd Corpach in Colour - p24 Fort William Ltd Rugby Club - p25 (HAULAGE) LTD Shinty Club - p25 Corpach Woods - p26 Xmas lights - p26 summer strolls - p27 art lochaber - p27 carbon papers - p28-29 CREEL - p29 green fingers - p30 letters - p30 thig an t’earrach - p31 wild about Kilmallie - p32 focus on folk - p33 Holiday Clubs - p33 fasten your seatbelts focus on business- p34 Puzzles from Pithean - p35 Sponsors - p36 we’re about to take off We are starting to see tangible development on the Blar, an Corpach, a summary of Liberty’s side snippets indications of just some of the update about plans for the new responses to community’s see page 34 dramatic changes that could be Belford, sight of Highland questions, some strategic and taking place in Kilmallie soon. Council’s 2040 vision which Breedon’s proposals for quarry In this issue we bring you news of includes gas storage and an expansion. A lot to look at and a substantial housing expanded deep water port at think about! From our Community Council meeting in April you will be page 2 page 35 aware of the possibility of gas being landed and stored at kilmallie Corpach for use in the new alloy wheels plant. Close to our print deadline I discovered that research is being conducted for SGN (Scotia Gas Network, the gas network in Scotland) community which has been requested by the Scottish Government to ascertain demand for a gas supply in the greater Fort “some straight, some cryptic, some easy, some not so easy” William area. Here is the lengthy link: Across council 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Confused (7) When we meet at the shops or in the street the weather https://www.surveygizmo.eu/s3/90080444/SGN-Local- 4 Material found in the den. Impossible! (5) usually comes up early in the conversation - but haven’t we residents-online-survey 7 This Ben is nearby (5) been spoilt recently. The gardeners probably won’t agree At the time of writing, I am afraid that I do not know when 9 Taxing (7) but, even as I write, we seem to be in for another mainly dry 7 8 9 10 Rob duck and then stir it up and go with the survey closes. week. I can’t remember such a hot, dry spell in recent dandelion (7) years but encourage those who keep a diary to correct me! We are also hearing that the Highland Council will likely be 11 Condescend (5) running public workshops on the Fort William 2040 12 Celsius or Fahrenheit (6) We are still trying to find a solution to our Slower Safer Masterplan on Monday 20th August. I don’t know the 10 11 14 Red Fay, tatty, worn (6) Smilier campaign, particularly to establish a pedestrian venue yet but can confirm that part of Kilmallie is included in 18 Peach or toast. Take your pick! (5) crossing near the shop in Corpach and aim to arrange a the area. You need to watch for publicity. 20 Our mist rearranged for holidays (7) consultation soon at which Transport Scotland will be 22 Cup all over confused chat - Hurry up! (5,2) represented. Our next Community Council meeting on 25th June at 12 13 14 15 16 23 Male duck was an old comedian (5) 7:15pm will be the AGM, followed by our usual business Noise from Corpach Harbour/Industrial Estate is being 24 Had (5) meeting. I am pleased to intimate that Maimie Thompson, monitored by noise meters sited in the homes of three local 17 25 SS react about Marilyn Monroe - she was one Head of PR and Engagement at NHS Highland will update us residents. By the time you read this the information may be (7) on the Lochaber Health and Social Care Redesign, including collected and assessed, hopefully for our next Community 18 19 20 21 the New Belford Hospital. Please come to listen and ask Council meeting. Down questions; it should be interesting. You will see the most 1 Top or bottom. You can sleep in either (4,3) Some members of our community are trying to find a better recent Q&As on the project on page 6 of this paper. I hope 2 Excitement may give you high temperature (5) route to access Banavie War Memorial – scrub cutting has you have a pleasant summer! 22 23 3 Dr Who’s enduring enemies (6) been an exhausting task in this weather! We are hopeful Christine Hutchison, Chair 4 He fought the big man - and won (5) that the memorial will also be cleaned and names repainted 5 Makes a din when done this way (7) [email protected] before Remembrance Sunday. 6 This girl will nag me when at sea (5) 24 25 8 Votes for kitchen equipment (5) successful places for new developments; they should be 13 Elating about setting agent (7) Thanks as always to Tony Whitelocke 15 Do run about and end up circular (5) distinctive, safe and pleasant, easy to get around, for giving us this crossword. 16 They might be in distress (7) for better or worse? welcoming, adaptable, and resource-efficient. 17 Is it a paradise? (6) Whatever you feel about further industrialisation and According to the Plan, new developments should be Answers to last issue’s crossword: 18 Manly (5) urbanisation of our area, it is likely that the proposed alloy designed to make a positive contribution to the architectural Across: 1 POTHOLE, 4 BOOST , 7 MEGAN, 9 SAUSAGE, 10 KARAOKE, 19 It will eat your plants (5) daisy wheel factory adjacent to the aluminium plant will bring and visual quality of the place in which they are located, 11 TAGUS, 12 NAPLES, 14 BEDSIT, 18 SUSAN, 20 MUG SHOT, 22 ELM TREE, 21 Game I mismanaged. What a picture (5) substantial changes to Kilmallie. should focus on the quality of places and living environments 23 RABBI, 24 LUNCH, 25 EQUATES Down: 1 PUMPKIN, 2 TIGER, 3 EASTER, 4 BLUNT, 5 ORANGES, 6 TRESS, Most new factories are sited close to their potential work for pedestrians rather than movement of vehicles, and have regard to the historic pattern of development and landscape 8 NOOSE, 13 POSTMAN, 15 EAGER, 16 TATTIES, 17 IMPEDE, 18 STEAL, force. However, in this case the workers would all be new to 19 NORTH., 21 HABIT in the locality. the area and they and their families would need housing and meadowsweet Answers to these puzzles are on the website www.kilmallie.org.uk (follow the link on right hand side of the homepage) associated infrastructure including schools, transport and Whilst aspects of a development such as visual impact can and will also be published in the next issue of the newsletter for people without internet access. medical facilities. be subjective, the environmental aspects are more This raises big challenges for future planning and particularly straightforward to assess. No development on the Blar could for cash-strapped Highland Council. ever be considered resource-efficient, since it has been Answers to last issue’s estimated that the destruction of peat on the 40 hectare site The developer has been given planning permission, so it is could release as much carbon dioxide as heating all the Placenames Quiz Part 2 now their decision whether to go ahead with the factory or homes in Kilmallie for ten years. This will not be an issue if FORFAR, GALASHIELS, HADDINGTON, INVERARAY, not. But the prior investment in infrastructure to support the the development is limited to areas where the peat has KEITH, KIRKWALL, LAIRG, LAUDER, LAURENCEKIRK, coming work force will have to come from public funds. It is already been disturbed, but any further disturbance of peat MACDUFF, MELROSE, OLDMELDRUM, PAISLEY, hard to justify spending public money until new people would mean housing had a large environmental footprint. PORTSOY, SALEN, STIRLING, STORNOWAY, actually come to the area, particularly in such difficult and Similarly, the lack of infrastructure and facilities around the TONGUE, TORRIDON, ULLAPOOL, WALLS, uncertain times for the economy, but on the other hand WHITHORN there will be serious problems if extra facilities are not in Blar would mean it will be difficult to encourage people to place if or when they arrive.
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