Skip to main content
Banner image for Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

Conservatives
Site logo

Main navigation

  • Home
  • News
  • People
  • Events
  • Newsletters
  • Postal Vote
  • Join Us
  • Links
  • Contact

SNP slammed over wasted spending at Rest and Be Thankful

  • Tweet
Wednesday, 28 April, 2021
Donald Cameron

SNP ministers have been severely criticised after it was revealed that millions of pounds have been wasted on unsuccessful mitigation measures at the Rest and Be Thankful on the A83 trunk road in Argyll and Bute.

The scale of spending – nearly £3m over five years - was revealed in a response to a Freedom of Information request from the Scottish Conservatives.

The Scottish Conservative candidate for Argyll and Bute, Donald Cameron, a long-time campaigner on the issue, said:

“Local residents and businesses will be scandalised at the amount of taxpayers’ money that has been squandered by the SNP on their ‘patch and mend’ approach to this vital trunk road.

“For fourteen long years, SNP ministers have refused to take this problem seriously, despite multiple road closures caused by landslips.

“All this time, jobs and investment in Argyll and Bute have gone begging, due to the chronic unreliability of the road.

“Even now, when the evidence of their failed approach is overwhelming, the SNP have yet to provide a firm date for fixing this problem.

“Unfortunately, the Rest and Be Thankful is not an isolated example of the SNP failing to deliver for local people, as anyone who has followed the disastrous ferry procurement saga will understand only too well.

“Frankly, until we see our area given the same political priority as the Central Belt, I very much fear that we will be facing these problems for many years to come.”

You may also be interested in

A83 landslide

Permanent solution for the A83 Rest and Be Thankful

For several years now, residents and businesses across Argyll and Bute and further afield have seen one of the main roads linking Argyll to the rest of Scotland partially closed off because of landslides.

Donald Cameron

Donald Cameron MSP

Scottish Conservative and Unionist MSP for Highlands and Islands Region
Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture

Originally from Achnacarry in Lochaber, Donald was educated at the University of Oxford before going on to work at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC – a think-tank specialising in international relations.

  • Local News
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Thursday, 8 September, 2022

Councillor Maurice Corry, Provost of Argyll and Bute has paid tribute to Her Majesty, saying:

“We are extremely saddened to learn of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

News

  • Latest Scottish Conservatives News

Show only

  • Holyrood News
  • European News
  • Local News
  • National News
  • Opinions
  • Reports
  • Scottish Parliament News
  • Westminster News
  • Written Questions News

Argyll & Bute Conservatives

Footer

  • About RSS
  • Accessibility
  • Cookies
  • Privacy
  • Fundraising
  • Join Us
Scottish ConservativesPromoted by Peter Wallace on behalf of Argyll & Bute Conservative Association, both of 570 Mosspark Boulevard, Glasgow, G52 1SD
Copyright 2023 Argyll & Bute Conservatives. All rights reserved.
Powered by Bluetree