SNP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar Angus MacNeil has asked for a meeting with Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar regarding their decision to terminate all road gritting contracts in the Western Isles.
Contractors were asked to a meeting yesterday and were told that they were giving contractors the statutory 20 week termination notice.
“Local road gritting”
Mr MacNeil has been contacted by contractors who are incensed with this decision, and comes 2 years into their 4 year road maintenance contract.
Mr MacNeil commented:
“This comes at a time when many contractors in the Western Isles are struggling, they can ill afford to be given news like this. To be asked to come to a meeting and being informed of this decision, is harsh in the extreme, and something which the Comhairle should have handled better.
“I am now asking for an urgent meeting with the Comhairle. In the current economic climate, local road gritting contractors who have invested huge amounts of money in buying new plant and equipment to carry out these contracts, should not be treated in this way.”
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