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What are the corners that we need to turn?

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Kincardine and Mearns Transport Futures Forum looks at local transport issues affecting our communities in Kincardine and Mearns and explores ideas which could potentially address them. The Forum aims to give a greater voice to transport users from local communities and bring together a range of partners to work together to find solutions.

A group of local people interested in Transport recently gathered at the Forest View Centre in Stonehaven for the inaugural session of the new forum which is intended meet four times a year.

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THOUGHTS FROM MICHAEL MORGAN: JUST WHAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE TRANSPORT?

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Michael MorganMichael Morgan is a Community Councillor for Newtonhill, Muchalls & Cammachmore.  He is also the Community Representative for the North Kincardine area on the Kincardine & Mearns Community Planning Group.  He has been active in various ways exercises to strengthen the voice and involvement of local people in the issues that affect them.  Michael is going to write a regular blog and in his first contribution here, he offers his thoughts on local transport and asks you to get involved in the new K&M Transport Futures Forum. Please note that any opinions expressed here are Michael’s own and not those of any of the partner organisations involved in the Community Planning Group or K&M Communities.  “From a personal point of view driving on the A90 is dangerous and parking in Aberdeen is a nightmare.  The time has come when shopping online is cheaper and easier than shopping in Aberdeen.  What happens if you don’t have a choice, if you work in Aberdeen and have to commute by car, bus or train?  Public transport is failing us in so many ways throughout the whole of Kincardine and Mearns.  Read the rest of this entry »