[Scottish Parliament, 14.10.2024] Responding to the Scottish Government’s announcement of a 10% increase in CalMac ferry fares, Highlands and Islands MSP and Convenor of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Islands, Jamie Halcro Johnston MSP said:
“Not content with cutting sailings and delivering an increasingly unreliable service, now SNP ministers are hiking prices by 10% across our ferries network.
“This will be particularly galling for island residents on the West Coast routes who have had to endure multiple disruptions to their lifeline services and all the impact that has had on their businesses and their communities.
“Our ferries network is vital for our island communities, and there is a real fear that, if things don’t improve quickly, the very sustainability of some of our islands are threatened.
“That would be a disaster and is a result of years of underinvestment and lack of focus by Scottish Government ministers in Edinburgh.
“17 years of shameful SNP mismanagement of our ferries network has left islanders with a less reliable and less resilient service, but paying more for it”.
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Notes to Editors
Attached is the correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Transport announcing a 10% increase in CalMac ferry fares.
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