Kilcreggan Responses 2019
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Kilcreggan Responses 2019 Priority Areas for Improvement: Moving Traffic and Public Influence Around Parking Transport and Sense of Control How good is your place? Area wide engagement results using the Place Standard Tool Between May and October 2019, the Community Planning Partnership (CPP) used the Place Standard tool to engage residents in Argyll and Bute on how they feel about the place(s) that they live and work in Argyll and Bute. We are very grateful to all the responses that we received. We hope you find the information easy to understand and of interest to you and your community. We are pleased to see that the thematic areas of Natural Space, Feeling Safe, Identity and Sense of Belonging and Social Contact came out with the highest scores, needing the least improvement, when considering Argyll and Bute as a whole. The engagement has been undertaken at a place-based level and respondents provided their postcode, groupings of postcodes have created the settlement/community level detail. The results are available for community groups and partner agencies to use, for example, to assist with service planning or for community-led action plans. Please note: The information is the views of individuals who responded to the engagement. We trust that the information provided will be viewed within the context of which it is provided. We are grateful to all those who have taken part in the consultation and believe in sharing information for openness and transparency. We appreciate that the documents can be lengthy due to the amount of information and we hope that the format is user-friendly. If you have any questions, please see our Frequently Asked Questions Guide or contact Community Planning by e-mail: [email protected] , phone: 01546 604 464. Next steps This information is helping to shape plans for the area. Other information such as information from partners’ data and statistics is also used to consider priorities for improvement. The CPP will analyse the information to identify priority themes for improvement within each of the four administrative areas and shape actions to address these where this is possible with resources. We are currently mapping out what activity is already happening, what is planned within the next 3- 4 years and where the gaps are. This information will be considered by both the CPP Management Committee and the Area Community Planning Groups to shape the actions. The final agreed actions will become part of our four Area Community Planning Action Plans, due to be refreshed in 2021. To get involved, contact your local Area Community Planning Group. Age of respondents Gender 1 4 6 10 5 15 9 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 and over Male Female Thematic areas by lowest score to highest score Thematic Area Average Score Q1. Moving Around 2.2 Q3. Traffic and Parking 3.3 Q2. Public Transport 3.6 Q14. Influence and Sense of Control 3.6 Q8. Work and Local Economy 3.7 Q9. Housing and Community 3.7 Q13. Care and Maintenance 3.8 Q4. Streets and Spaces 4.0 Q10. Social Contact 4.0 Q6. Play and Recreation 4.1 Q7. Facilities and Amenities 4.6 Q11. Identity and Belonging 4.6 Q12. Feeling Safe 4.9 Q5. Natural Space 5.3 Q1. Moving Around: Can I easily walk and cycle around using good- quality routes? 25 responses in total – Average Score of 2.2 Score of 1 Score of 2 Score of 3 Score of 4 Score of 5 Score of 6 Score of 7 No response 10 7 3 3 2 0 0 0 responses responses responses responses responses responses responses responses Comments Good walking routes around the Rosneath Peninsular but no dedicated cycle routes. More sheltered bus stops needed. More signage would help the area to tell visitors to the area where the good places to walk and cycle are in and around the village. No pathways from Rosneath to Kilcreggan/Cove, such a path would encourage walking to both Kilcreggan and also Rosneath caravan park None in area Not a good idea to try walking to the coop in Rosneath by road. Can go over the forestry track, but it’s an uneven surface. Not enough pavements at the bus shelter at Kilcreggan, need to drain floods at car park at Kilcreggan. Our house sits just outside the village and my wife and I walk daily, sometimes two or three times, to the village shops or to the pier for the ferry to Gourock. There is no pavement on the B833 until the village despite most of the route being 30mph rated. I do cycle about the village. This is ok. Our road is full of potholes, the edges of the road are eroding; there is no path or lights or cycle path. It is no safe to do so - it is not even safe to walk Pavements are in poor condition, difficult for those who walk with a walking stick. Pavements are small and slope - not great for young children as cars come round tight bends and are very close to where you are walking. Pavements could be improved for disabled access. Pavements in Cove and Kilcreggan a problem Pavements narrow and broken sometimes non-existent. Road is generally dangerous with speeding traffic. Poor kerbs, fast road (30mph?). Overhanging hedges etc. can push you onto road. Poor rain runaway in known places. More could be made of safe cycling. Roads and pavements are shocking! Looks like another round of spray and chip all set to go all over the peninsula judging by the closed laybys and giant piles of stone in each all through summer once again. Spray and chip is a cheap fix for a huge problem that will not go away until the roads and pathways are repaired properly. In the meantime walking, cycling and are other modes of transport and recreational ventures are seriously hindered by the sheer lack of acceptable road and pavement surfacing - health and safety issues staring the council in the face and totally being ignored! Roads and pavements are shocking! Looks like another round of spray and chip all set to go all over the peninsula judging by the closed laybys and giant piles of stone in each all through summer once again. Spray and chip is a cheap fix for a huge problem that will not go away until the roads and pathways are repaired properly. In the meantime walking, cycling and are other modes of transport and recreational ventures are seriously hindered by the sheer lack of acceptable road and pavement surfacing - health and safety issues staring the council in the face and totally being ignored! Signage between Rosneath and Kilcreggan for forest path is needed - safer and quicker than road for walking. Pavement continuation to caravan park. Some good walking across Rosneath peninsula and beyond bit cycling is very poor and dangerous with too many cycling on poor roads. cycle path design needs to get off road, make paths smoother (no 90 degree bends etc) and respect pedestrians The roads around the Rosneath Peninsula are very poor, not to say dangerous, for cycling. The road between Kilcreggan and Rosneath is not good for walking either. There are none.... Too dangerous to cycle on the road, no known cycle routes. Pavement too narrow, need to walk in single file. Q2. Public Transport: Does public transport meet my needs? 25 responses in total – Average Score of 3.6 Score of 1 Score of 2 Score of 3 Score of 4 Score of 5 Score of 6 Score of 7 No response 5 3 5 1 8 2 1 0 responses responses responses responses responses responses responses responses Comments A later bus service and ferry service would see more use Buses are hourly Monday to Saturday which is I think as much as can be expected. Sunday service is only every two hours which is insufficient. Also last bus back to the village from Helensburgh is too early. Buses needed for Portincaple Ferry is great, use it often. Bus to Helensburgh I use only infrequently. Bit of a white knuckle ride, but the drivers know the road well. Ferry link to Gourock is reasonable. Could do with service into early evening and Sunday too. Bus also reasonable. If the ferry and bus actually coordinated their timetables that would help a lot. Same to be said for ferry arriving at Gourock pier. Mostly on disembarking you see the train leave the station Generally good but Kilcreggan ferry still a bit hit and miss. Could 316 bus extend to Coulport every half hour in mornings and evenings? Last bus from Helensburgh is 10pm. One at 11pm would be helpful. Later ferry service and Sunday service needed and late bus on a Friday and Saturday to connect with the last train from Glasgow. Half hourly bus service. Limited ferry service. Unable to access Gourock after 1830, which means that appointments at dentist; Inverclyde infirmary have to take place during the day. It also means that I have to leave Glasgow no later than 1630 in order to make the ferry, ruling out any social life with colleagues. No Sunday service - cannot access swimming pool and gymnasium. More frequent buses No ferry on a Sunday! Buses not suitable for disabled users why???? Are disabled people not entitled to access the same services as able bodied people in the 21st century? Not enough bus shelters in Kilcreggan. Not enough buses to commute the public about. One an hour is not a good enough amount.