Dunoon Community Council

You may well have received a letter from Brendan O'Hara MP about the petition regarding Rest and Be Thankful - here is a direct link to the petition.

Dunoon CC have been in contact with Brendan O'Hara over the past few months about the Gourock / Dunoon route with as yet no response. We will be making contact again in the next week to ask for similar efforts to be made on that particular issue too.

Stop the 4-year convoy plan A proposed single-lane convoy system for the A83 Rest & Be Thankful upgrade will disrupt Argyll & Bute for 4 long years. Add your name to demand a better alternative from the Scottish Government.

📢 Dunoon Community Council – October Meeting

The agenda for our next meeting is now available on our website:
👉 https://dunooncommunitycouncil.co.uk/meetings
📅 Monday 12th October
🕖 7.00pm
📍 Argyll Suite, Queen’s Hall, Dunoon
We have recently changed the format of our meetings and now have a dedicated public session at the beginning of each meeting.
This gives members of the public the opportunity to come along, ask questions, raise issues, or bring matters of local concern directly to the Community Council.
Everyone is welcome to attend, so if there is something happening locally that you would like to raise, please come along and speak to us.
☕ Free tea and coffee will also be available.
We look forward to seeing you there.

Dunoon Community Council Working together to make Dunoon & Kirn a better place for everyone

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This is your chance!!!
Interested in knowing more about being a First Responder?

There will be a meeting at 6.30 pm on Wednesday 14th October at Cowal Community Hospital!
If you are interested in attending can you drop Steve Abbott, our coordinator , an email on [email protected]

You’ll be very welcome!
Please share widely… who do you know who could make a difference??

Portavadie to Tarbert Ferry.

Monday 28 September - Thursday 1 October
MV Isle of Cumbrae has been redeployed to cover Largs - Cumbrae maintenance days.

Foot passenger charter MV Far West will operate this service. Please be advised the vessel can only accommodate 12 passengers.

MV Far West departs from the Tarbert and Portavadie Marina Pontoons and not the normal operational slips. Due to the infrastructure at both marinas, passengers must wait at the entrance of the pontoons until met by a crew member.

Customers requiring more information can contact Kennacraig port on 01880 280281 (Option 2)

Please note that MV Far West can accommodate bicycles on a first come first served basis.

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New Bus Service! An absolute drum roll for people power here....

Gourock Community Council have just received confirmation that we've helped to finally secure a new and funded IRH-Midton-Gourock Rail Station bus service.

It’s a temporary 26/27 service, running from 1st November to 27th March on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis. However, there's the chance to make it commercially attractive for 27/28 by ensuring it is well used. So... spread the word so that as many as possible are aware of this new service and use it well. Evidence around demand is being gathered over those months.

As many will know, the community council has been working on the issue of bus access for some time, particularly to help Upper Gourock residents. Have a look then at the extract from Strathclyde Partnership for Transport’s response (SPT) below and the attached timetable in the comments. Our earlier letters to SPT are further down the timeline too and we'll soon post more on this issue.

In the interim, thank you to SPT and MGill's for their support and to our local councillors - particularly Cllr Reynolds who has been especially active on this issue - and our MSP.



SPT RESPONSE...

“…I am pleased to confirm that having successfully secured Scottish Government funding through the Transport to Employment Programme for the 2026/27 financial year, a new bus service (service 540) shall be operating between Inverclyde Royal Hospital, Midton and Gourock Rail Station on a Monday to Saturday daytime basis. A copy of the proposed timetable has been provided for convenience.

Work is underway to facilitate the introduction of the service from Sunday 01 November 2026 and operate until Saturday 27 March 2027.

The TTE funding is restricted to the 2026/27 financial year and must be fully used within that period, and please note that the operation of the new service can only be funded for the duration of the TTE programme. There’s no confirmation at this stage of any funding in the 2027/2028 financial year.

It is hoped that the introduction of Service 540 over this 21-week period will provide a robust evidence base to assess passenger demand and become commercially attractive for an operator to take on beyond the TTE funding envelope. Any decision regarding the continuation of such a service after March 2027 will ultimately be a matter for a bus operator."

A £600,000 investment to extend the life of Cot House bridge, in Dunoon, is scheduled to begin in the second week of October and continue until the end of the year. www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/news/2026/sep/planned-works-cot-house-bridge

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Ticket Office Closure – Wednesday 23 September

Our Hunter’s Quay ticket office will be closed all day today.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Discounted tickets are also available from our local ticket agents across Argyll and Inverclyde.

Find your nearest ticket agent here: https://www.western-ferries.co.uk/pages/ticket-agents

Our ferry service will operate as normal throughout the day.