New Fair Isle ferry funding a success for local campaigners – Carmichael

Mr Carmichael said:

“After some hard graft on the part of the council and local campaigners in bidding for funding it is enormously gratifying to see Fair Isle secure this investment for its new ferry. Well done to the officials who put the bid together and those in the community who have kept up the pressure. I have been working with everyone concerned for some time and I am delighted to see their work come to fruition.

“If we want to see our island communities survive and thrive for the years and decades to come then lifeline transport infrastructure is essential. That is why the funding support for Fair Isle was so necessary and why its delivery today is so welcome. We need to see this sort of support for lifeline infrastructure – whether for ferries or fixed links for the isles – continue to develop in the years to come.”