A final decision on the future of Luing Primary School has moved a step closer this month.
A report for Argyll and Bute councillors is due out on February 15, ahead of a committee meeting on March 7.
There will be time for comments, and the island’s community council and Luing Community Trust will be forming a response.
At the last community council meeting, Save Our School campaigner Norrie Bissell called for a public meeting to collate people’s feelings.
The tiny school never reopened after remaining pupils were ferried to Easdale Primary School on neighbouring Seil during Covid. Scottish ministers can be asked to call in the council’s decision and have the ultimate say.
Educational impact, the effect on the community and transport are main factors.
Views are also being gathered on the current community vehicle used to take children to the ferry for school and to transport the shopping club to Oban.
There used to be a nine-seater minibus but currently it is a large SUV with just five seats, it can only manage three shoppers with room for their bags. Users views will be used to ask Argyll and Bute Council to look at re-instating a mini-bus, the community council meeting heard.
The meeting also discussed how potholes are a continuing headache for islanders who are worried about damage being done to their cars.
People are being encouraged to use Argyll & Bute’s roads complaints portal on the website to record the problems and get them fixed.
The community also heard that once the planning application for a small-size slate quarry goes live, there will be a consultation and a public meeting as part of that so people can ask more questions and find out more about the planning process.
Funding is coming in for coastal erosion prevention projects including a huge injection of Scottish Government cash - about £65,000. Argyll and Bute Council is looking for other ways of finding more funding to help Cullipool save its crumbling coastline.
Flooding remains an issue on the island. The community council is looking to see if it can get any funding to bring in an expert to give advice on the burn that overflowed in October damaging some properties during the bout of extreme weather.
A good number of responses have been received for Luing’s ferry users survey, the information will now be gathered, shared and be used by Argyll and Bute Council to see how the current service could possibly be changed within the restrictions it faces on work hours and the budget. The plan would be for an annual ferry review, people at the community council meeting were told.
Luing’s wooden playpark needs to be replaced and there will need to be fundraising to help make that happen.
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