ROADWORKS with a total estimated cost of nearly £700,000 are proposed for Helensburgh and Lomond in the 2020-21 financial year, a report has revealed.
Fourteen different locations are earmarked, the most expensive being drainage and overlay works on the Carman Road between Cardross and Renton in West Dunbartonshire, which have an estimated cost of £190,000.
In total the council plans to spend £686,000 on roads in Helensburgh and Lomond over the next 12 months – compared to £1.7 million in Oban, Lorn and the Isles, £1.5 million in Mid Argyll, Kintyre and Islay, and £980,000 in Bute and Cowal.
A £130,000 programme of surface dressing and pre-surface dressing is planned for the A817 Haul Road, which links Garelochhead and HM Naval Base Clyde with the A82 near Luss.
And two locations on the A814 – at Cats Castle in Cardross, and on East Clyde Street between Sinclair Street and Grant Street in Helensburgh – are earmarked for works.
Other areas where works are planned include Charlotte Street, West Princes Street, Collins Road in Colgrain, and Kirkton Road in Cardross.
Work is also scheduled to take place at hairpin bends on the unclassified Glen Fruin road, and inlay works at Machrie Drive, Kennedy Drive, Campbell Street (between West Clyde Street and West Princes Street) and Aldrin Road.
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The list of planned works in Helensburgh and Lomond does not mention any scheduled improvements to roads on the Rosneath peninsula.
The report, which details £4.9 million of planned roadworks across Argyll and Bute, will be discussed by the council’s environment, development and infrastructure committee on Thursday, March 5.
The document, by executive director with responsibility for roads and infrastructure Kirsty Flanagan, said: “The roads reconstruction programme has been structured in line with the roads asset management and maintenance strategy.
“The focus has been to arrest the rate of decline and provide an overall improvement in condition as has been demonstrated in the annual status and options report.
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“In previous years this has been achieved through the delivery of a mix of carriageway resurfacing, edge strengthening, patching/surface dressing and in-situ road surface recycling.
“These treatments have been designed to seal the road to stop the ingress of water, improve ride quality and reduce the amount of reactive repairs
“This has resulted in an overall improvement in road condition. Without these works and investment there would have been a significant deterioration in condition.”
Ms Flanagan added: “The proposed capital works programme as presented is based on carriageway condition in late autumn/early winter.
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“With the effect of winter this programme may need to be adjusted to ensure that any investment is targeted accordingly.
“Should any changes be required to the programme, the policy lead [Councillor Robin Currie] and depute policy lead [Councillor Ellen Morton] will be notified prior to any amended area scheme list being sent out to local members.”
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