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No U-turn on delay on Inverness taxi rank closure


By Ian Duncan

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Taxi rank in Castle Wynd.
Taxi rank in Castle Wynd.

AN Inverness taxi rank will definitely close in the New Year as planned it has been confirmed.

Inverness Taxi Alliance had submitted a formal complaint against Highland Council to the Scottish Ombudsman over the move to shut the rank in Castle Wynd.

The organisation had called for a delay until the complaint had been fully investigated and they had been given a response but the council has refused to change its position.

In an email to the alliance from David Haas, the city of Inverness area manager, he said: “It is considered that there are no grounds for delaying the closure of the taxi rank at Castle Wynd, set to be implemented from and including Monday, January 6, 2020.”

Mr MacDonald said: “The failure of the council to come up with a satisfactory replacement for this operation will create, without doubt, at best, major congestion and difficulty on the existing ranks in Academy Street and potentially put the safety of the public at risk from the frustration caused by that congestion.”


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