Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
3271 Margaret Fitzsimmons 2019-05-22T22:51:13.457 Many people have to travel to hospital appointments in Oban and beyond using public transport once off the ferry, but...
3271 Andrew David Howarth 2019-05-22T23:10:18.663 This will destroy all the businesses and the island. So when holiday makers or people who work on the island decide t...
3271 Mairi MacKinnon 2019-05-23T01:23:13.587 Please safeguard and improve all parking at island ports to protect the fragile communities living there.\r\nIt is ve...
3271 Donald MacFadyen 2019-05-23T01:32:15.213 Lifeline services ,Tourist industry ,Community growth all need good parking at Island ports. Excessive parking fees c...
3271 David Taylor 2019-05-23T06:43:36.033 The island of Mull is my escape from such things as parking charges , please leave it alone
3271 Jennifer Beacham 2019-05-23T07:26:57.93 Introduction of parking charges will be an imposition on those living in the area and a deterrent to visitors.
3271 Christine Black 2019-05-23T07:27:47.697 I holiday in Iona about 5 times a year. Parking charges would be devastating as we are not allowed to take the car ...
3271 Clare Sanders 2019-05-23T07:36:51.463 The impact of this would be enormous for islanders- it needs to be re-considered.
3271 Anne Hogg 2019-05-23T07:41:49.323 Leave the car parks alone.
3271 Professor Robert Bowman 2019-05-23T07:50:15.877 My late father and family did huge work for tourism & transport on Mull. Not only can I see this proposal is ludicrou...
3271 Mary Griffin 2019-05-23T07:55:58.987 It is very important to protect and support the uniqueness of island life in places such as Mull and Iona.
3271 Steve Jack 2019-05-23T08:32:20.203 An outrageous and unsustainable proposal!
3271 Joe Benbow 2019-05-23T08:34:31.793 Islanders need this essential free service but visitors and tourists should expect to contribute towards amenities th...
3271 Joy Wilkinson 2019-05-23T08:46:08.723 We love Mull and don't want to see parking charges put people off visiting such a beautiful place. The island economy...
3271 Campbell Cameron 2019-05-23T08:48:37.847 Little Consideration for Island life effects of parking regime charges is being shown here in Argyll and Bute. Revenu...
3271 Chester Goudie 2019-05-23T08:59:29.387 The people of the Islands rely on the ferrys for every thing and being able to park when going to the mainland, and f...
3271 carol franklyn 2019-05-23T09:21:39.727 This is purely a money making scheme by the councils and will have an adverse effect on both businesses and residents...
3271 Andrew Ramsay 2019-05-23T09:23:37.313 These free car parks are vital to the island. It's a tax on using the ferry as a foot passenger. It's also a tourist ...
3271 Donald Jack 2019-05-23T09:32:56.58 Visiting the Small Isles for work and family connections it is necessary to be able to park for several days at a tim...
3271 Colin.George Maclean 2019-05-23T09:45:01.8 Easy soft Target! Penalised because of where you live. Tourists will be puzzled, they've already paid substantial sum...
3271 John MacPhee 2019-05-23T10:03:51.287 another unfair tax on local motorists.
3271 Alison Johnston 2019-05-23T10:07:00.083 These planned high charges will badly affect the local economy in an area where living costs are already high. Workin...
3271 Richard West 2019-05-23T10:29:06.15 On Mull not all ferries are served by public transport. A visit to Oban for medical appointments which can be of inde...
3271 Alan Slater 2019-05-23T10:32:10.587 Once again the motorist is seen as a cash cow to be milked for as much as they can
3271 Susan Knox 2019-05-23T10:40:15.167 It's hard enough to live on an Island but to put charges on for folks who need to leave their cars at the ferry port ...
3271 Ian Wilson 2019-05-23T11:09:03.133 Absolutely ridiculous
3271 Linda Littlewood 2019-05-23T11:11:47.393 It is not possible for most people to use ferries without the use of a car, so charges at any level become punitive ...
3271 john craig 2019-05-23T11:33:28.697 It makes journeys off the Island to hospitals etc very expensive
3271 Dirk Grutzmacher 2019-05-23T11:50:16.183 It will make it very difficult for people to stay on the Isle of Iona for a week or so. The programmes in the various...
3271 Mirren Green 2019-05-23T11:57:36.087 I am not resident on Mull or Iona, but spend a significant amount of time on the latter every year. Parking charges o...
3271 Chris Jenkins 2019-05-23T12:01:36.907 It is bad enough for visitors, but punitive for islanders.
3271 Marilyn Laverty 2019-05-23T12:05:41.777 I travel to ferry to Oban on bus but would still have to pay to park in Tobermory car park to enable me to leave car ...
3271 Heinz Toller 2019-05-23T12:14:53.81 Encourage people to use public transport by providing free parking at key points.\r\nReduce additional costs for peop...
3271 Alison Macdonald 2019-05-23T13:01:39.94 I have a family member who is a resident of Iona and I travel regularly by car to the island to stay.I strongly resen...
3271 Sarah Ewing 2019-05-23T13:52:11.01 Introducing parking charges will have a clear detrimental impact on all islanders and will impact on tourism and addi...
3271 Stephen Glen-Lee 2019-05-23T14:20:11.78 The parking chargers are going to prevent the council employees from attending, significantly endangering the quality...
3271 Annie Warwick 2019-05-23T14:33:17.983 We often visit Iona. We must travel there on foot. So, our car has to be parked for the duration of our stay.
3271 Sarah Macdonald 2019-05-23T15:02:08.857 Desperate cash grab by a Council renowned for its atrocious decision making practises and financial mismanagement. Ou...
3271 Susan Dale 2019-05-23T15:21:40.39 It will increase the amount of car permit applications to Iona
3271 Mike Drury 2019-05-23T15:37:05.72 This Council initiative is morally unlawful particularly when much of the land car parks stand on in Mull were once g...
3271 Ora Thomson 2019-05-23T15:37:50.283 Frequent visitor and hoping to move nearbye .
3271 Simon Plumpton 2019-05-23T16:00:20.38 As a visitor to Mull and a former Island resident I can totally understand why the people of Mull & Iona are against ...
3271 Martyn Howie 2019-05-23T16:01:36.81 These charges will penalise those who wish or have no choice to leave their vehicles at the Ferry terminal. Argyll an...
3271 William Campbell 2019-05-23T16:23:40.033 If the Scottish Government agrees to "island-proof" the transport infrastructure, I trust steps will be taken to ensu...
3271 Norman McNab 2019-05-23T16:32:07.283 I'm not against a reasonable charge for day trippers to Iona. However the charge proposed is unreasonable and totally...
3271 Malcolm King 2019-05-23T17:13:37.593 I lived on Iona for three years and know how essential free parking on Mull was to island residents
3271 Josephine Austin 2019-05-23T17:43:37.56 No charges. Please!
3271 Julie Ann Francis 2019-05-23T18:00:22.52 For longer stays on Iona, this would be a travesty...
3271 Bruce Blackadder 2019-05-23T18:16:06.063 Parking charges would mean having to leave my home of 47 years and go live on the mainland.
3271 Wendy MacManaway 2019-05-23T18:27:56.227 Our Island depends on access from Mull. Key workers from Mull already pay a daily ferry, to have to pay parking as we...