Petition Discussions

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Petition ID Commenter Date Comment
3271 Elaine Hosie 2019-05-23T18:31:23.76 Charges will have a detrimental effect to the life of islanders and to tourism
3271 Lilah Ford 2019-05-23T18:51:09.427 Many people that stay at Iona would not be able to afford to pay charges for a weeks stay
3156 Meryl Masterton 2019-05-23T19:21:07.827 I suffer from essential tremor and strongly support any action that heightens awareness of it. Also I support any tre...
3271 HILARY BROWN 2019-05-23T19:28:09.423 this is such a negative high impact for no forseeable benefit or gain most importantly for the local island community...
3271 Mairi Dunnings 2019-05-23T20:32:30.633 Public transport is very limited, only serving a small part of the island. Island living is more expensive than main...
3271 Steven Grant 2019-05-23T20:44:38.027 The Scottish Government, through strangulation of Council budgets, are creating a huge void in infrastructure spendin...
3271 Marion brown 2019-05-23T21:13:11.173 Free car parking is essential to island life.\r\nThese charges will have an adverse effect on both islanders and vis...
3271 Claire Melville 2019-05-23T21:22:56.963 Unwelcome and unnecessary costs that islanders and tourists can do without. Will cause parking chaos at peak times a...
3271 Katie Hagmann 2019-05-23T22:31:06.777 As someone who travels to a friends family home on the Island every year sometimes bringing furniture and items that ...
3271 Helen Brown 2019-05-23T22:47:27.7 Family visit leaving cars on the mainland as rely on us to drive them around the island. This means the cars on the i...
3271 John Easton 2019-05-23T23:56:49.46 Please support
3271 Scott Bowman 2019-05-24T02:19:45.33 A ridiculous charge for tourists and locals with no thought about the impact to businesses or livelihoods. Places res...
3271 Steve Douglas 2019-05-24T06:07:48.69 This is an extremely unfair tax specifically on island residents in order to use lifeline services. It will not signi...
3271 Izzie Forbes-Hurst 2019-05-24T06:32:22.487 Please don't do this - don't put these lovely places out of the reach of visitors, and threaten the livelihoods of th...
3271 Graham Henderson 2019-05-24T07:46:55.877 There is no need for this. Deterring tourists and locals from various places. No one overstays at a car park. One of...
3271 Graham Smout 2019-05-24T07:59:14.057 As a regular visitor to Iona and Mull, usually for a week or more at a time, I recognise the imposition of charges fo...
3271 Anne Cameron 2019-05-24T08:35:13.563 For many, cars are the only means of transport to their ferry port. Ridiculous to impose parking charges. Unfortunate...
3271 FrancesPark 2019-05-24T08:36:02.587 This will kill the Islands as tourism will drop. Also for the people who live there, how is that going to work? Ludic...
3271 Linda Precious 2019-05-24T08:46:34.907 We visit the island on an annual basis. The expense to get to the islands is enough without having to pay for parking...
3271 David Brown 2019-05-24T09:02:01.73 Charging complicates and makes life difficult for all users. Compliance will need supported which is also costly.
3271 Mrs Patricia Murray Williams 2019-05-24T09:21:09.32 The ferry is a life line service for Mull and the car parking charges would cause great difficulties for many islanders.
3271 Duncan Smallman 2019-05-24T09:38:49.627 Having lived on Easdale Island and been over to Mull and Iona for work, the charges for locals and visitors alike are...
3271 Barbara White 2019-05-24T09:40:06.04 Not every ferry has connecting public transport, therefore thare are occasions when you HAVE to \r\ngo by car.
3271 Denise Campbell 2019-05-24T10:37:45.133 Living off Scotland mainland is expensive enough .. transport cost are high . Charging for parking residents cars is ...
3271 David Horton 2019-05-24T11:48:03.8 Travel to the islands is already costly. This can only reduce tourism.
3271 Bernadette Gibson 2019-05-24T12:03:00.833 As regular visitor to Mull and Iona Having to pay to park my car for a full week would put me off visiting.
3271 Stephen Rowan 2019-05-24T12:33:02.223 The impact on people and families with low income or receiving benefits who live on Mull & Iona would be significant ...
3271 Sarah Mair 2019-05-24T12:46:00.99 I am totally against the suggestion to introduce parking charges at Scottish Island Ferry Ports. Parking at ferry po...
3271 Peter Williams 2019-05-24T12:53:12.63 As parking is part of our lifeline service, charging for it would cause some people a problem
3271 David West 2019-05-24T13:05:29.257 As a frequent visitor to Scotland and the Isles I object strongly and great sympathy to residents who rely on these f...
3271 Jackie Dudley 2019-05-24T14:30:13.72 Listen to the residents they are the ones who know.
3271 Jan Mills 2019-05-24T17:21:27.223 We have a car park at Rye harbour which is donation only - that is as far as parking charges should go in any communi...
3271 Sheila McLees 2019-05-24T18:18:13.013 This will deter many visitors from the islands as the inhabitants are very dependent on people visiting and generatin...
3154 Sue Thornley 2019-05-24T20:18:12.833 Geilston Gardens is an important member of the Glorious Gardens of Argyll and Bute, a marketing group working to prom...
3271 Alison Fleming 2019-05-24T23:29:20.237 I live on the island of Jura so use the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry service from Islay to Kennacraig. The costs of tr...
3271 Hazel Maries 2019-05-24T23:33:53.93 please share and sign this.Ferry ports should always be exempt from outrageous charges.
3271 Catherine Jones 2019-05-25T03:45:22.927 Imposition of the proposed charges would clearly cause serious financial and social hardship to people on these islan...
3271 Jean Anne howells 2019-05-25T10:25:26.943 Too high a daily charge.
3271 iain morrison 2019-05-25T11:09:41.843 I support this petition.
3271 Sarah mauritzen 2019-05-25T11:41:05.907 Yet another hair brain idea to charge locals and tourists to boost the councils revenue. Have you thought of the cons...
3271 Lynn MacKenzie 2019-05-25T11:55:13.52 As an Islander myself, who does not at present get charged for parking, I would be very concerned if this practice sp...
3271 Jane Cameron 2019-05-25T12:41:44.637 To penalise islanders by charging for parking at ferry ports will impact on people moving to islands if getting on an...
3271 Ian Grant 2019-05-25T16:10:04.75 Tourism in the smaller isles such as Iona generally involves travelling as a passenger, leaving your car at the port....
3271 Antonia Nelson 2019-05-25T19:38:55.247 I am a regular visitor to both Mull and Iona and I think this charge would affect how long people would spend on Iona...
3271 Ian Tibbetts 2019-05-25T20:53:45.74 The vast majority of car park users at Mull ferry ports are residents who need to get to these ferry services for the...
3271 Doreen Wilkinson 2019-05-25T22:10:05.717 As long as permanent residents do not have to pay, visitors should expect to have to pay for parking, they will have ...
3154 Susanne Hall 2019-05-26T11:17:39.423 I am an NTS member and regular visitor to Geilston Gardens. I love this property. The gardens are a delightful have...
3271 Chris Emmett 2019-05-26T12:34:35.92 I'm a regular visitor to Iona and rely on free, long term parking.
3271 Allan Gordon 2019-05-26T21:57:45.503 Clearly since most people cannot take their cars onto Iona the cars have to be parked at Fionnphort. It seems very un...
3271 Tim crick 2019-05-27T08:12:31.033 These punitive parking charges are clearly discriminatory for those travelling to Iona, who have no option to take th...