Locals urged to feed into north isles freight services project

Orkney Islands Council is highlighting an upcoming opportunity for the public to offer feedback on the CMAL project to replace the two Northern Isles freight vessels currently operating on the Aberdeen to Kirkwall/Lerwick route. 

The drop-in session in Orkney takes place on Thursday 20 March from 3pm to 6pm at the Kirkwall and St Ola Community Centre (Kirkwall Town Hall) and is being held by CMAL in partnership with Transport Scotland and Serco NorthLink to provide an opportunity for the community to learn about the project and offer their feedback.

Anyone with an interest in the project is encouraged to drop in at a time convenient to them to speak to the project team who will be on hand to answer any questions.

Councillor Kristopher Leask chairs the Council’s Development and Infrastructure Committee : “While this is not a Council project, the future makeup of these freight vessels will directly impact our community and businesses.

“For this reason, we want to highlight this CMAL engagement exercise.  I strongly encourage folk  to  attend and raise questions they may have with the CMAL team on freight capacity, passage time, or passenger-carrying capacity for example.”

For more information, visit cmassets.co.uk/nifv or email nifv@cmassets.co.uk