News

Household Waste Online Booking System for Restricted Vehicles

16 June 2020

From week commencing 15th June 2020, the Comhairle are introducing a booking system for householders looking to dispose of bulky household waste items at our HWRCs using a restricted vehicle such as a trailer, pickup, or van.

Tags: Household Waste, Online Booking System, Restricted Vehicles

High Levels of Shellfish Toxin - Traigh Mhor Barra

15 June 2020

Monitoring work undertaken on behalf of Food Standards Scotland has continued to identify raised levels of shellfish toxins in  Traigh Mhor in Barra. Image © marlerblog

Travel Restrictions

12 June 2020

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has confirmed that Island Authorities are involved in discussions regarding any proposed amendments to travel restrictions on ferries to and from the Islands.

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Islands' Major Projects to Move to Construction “soft-start”

12 June 2020

Consistent with the announcement by the First Minister yesterday (Thursday 11 June 2020), the construction of major projects in the Western Isles is to restart with a "soft-start".

Tags: construction, “soft-start”

Comhairle Leader's Statement 11 June

11 June 2020

The last couple of weeks has seen a lot of development work in preparation for growing activity as lockdown eases. 

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