§ Mr. Malcolm MacMillanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals or requests for assistance he has received from Inverness County Council in connection with the construction of a road, suitable for modern transport, at South Glendale, Isle of South Uist.
§ Mr. MaclayThis road is one of 16 projects which the county council proposes to carry out during the next few years with the aid of grant under the Congested Districts (Scotland) Act, 1897. Detailed proposals and estimates have not yet been submitted. It is, of course, for the county council, as highway authority, to decide the priority to be given to a particular project.
§ Mr. Malcolm MacMillanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has received from Inverness County Council for the construction of a road to link the various townships in Grimsay Island with the main North Ford Causeway.
§ Mr. MaclayThis link with the North Ford Causeway is included in a list of roads which the county council proposes to construct within the next few years with the aid of grant under the Congested Districts (Scotland) Act, 1897. The county council, however, has not accorded a high priority to this scheme and detailed plans and estimates have not yet been submitted.