Schedule Western Isles Council (Berneray Causeway)

Under the 1994 c. 39.Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 the Western Isles Council (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) are the local authority vested with the functions of an islands council in respect of the Western Isles Area which includes the islands of North Uist and Berneray:

The inhabitants of the island of Berneray experience isolation and hardship due to the lack of convenient communication across the Sound of Berneray between that island and the island of North Uist and accordingly experience difficulty in transporting building materials, equipment, livestock and vehicles to and from the island of Berneray:

It is the Council’s policy to maintain remote communities and to procure that wherever possible they have reasonable access to the more populated and better provided-for localities within the islands:

It is also the Council’s policy to improve communications across the Sound of Harris to provide a link between the major population groupings of Lewis and Harris in the north of their area and the Uists in the south:

The Council are the body statutorily responsible for the provision of roads in the Western Isles Area:

The Council accordingly desire to construct between the islands of North Uist and Berneray a causeway across waters lying below the level of low water which will, in their opinion, help to maintain the present population of Berneray, relieve their hardship and also facilitate the introduction of a shorter and more frequent ferry service across the Sound of Harris:

A plan and sections showing the lines, situations and levels of the works proposed to be authorised by this Order have been deposited with the sheriff clerk of the sheriff court district of Lochmaddy at Lochmaddy:

The purposes of this Order cannot be effected without an Order confirmed by Parliament under the provisions of the 1936 c. 52.Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936: