Islanders are demanding transport minister Kevin Stewart makes an “emergency intervention” as they warned reductions in the service provided by state-owned CalMac could force them into “rationing” spaces on ferries.
Members of the Mull and Iona Ferry Committee made the plea as a result of “CalMac’s latest proposed service cuts” – which they said means the main ferry serving their islands is redeployed to cover the service to Lochboisdale in South Uist.
The committee complained it was given just seven days notice of the change, which is due to begin in the second half of May, and it has “torn up” the timetable they rely on.
