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  • The Worst Road in Scotland?

    Who can deny this is the worst road in Scotland?

    This is the main access road to Dunure from the south.
    It takes the driver past some of the best views across the bay to Culzean.

    Woe betide any driver who takes their eyes off the road for a fraction of a second though – the state of the road requires full attention!

    Thanks to June Anderson for taking the time to create, and agreeing to share, this video.

    This has been an ongoing problem for years.

    It has been discussed at Community Council multiple times – click on the tag cloud to see when.

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    It was discussed again at the December Community Council meeting.

    Ayrshire Roads Alliance had been invited to attend the meeting.
    Ayrshire Roads Alliance failed to provide a representative.

    Provost Campbell undertook to ensure they attend the next meeting of the Community Council.

    If you agree that this is an urgent issue requiring our support, please make sure you attend the next meeting of the Community Council and make your views known to Ayrshire Roads Alliance.

    The next Community Council meeting is on Tuesday 20th January at 7:00 in the Kennedy Hall.

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  • Dunure Community Council Minutes August 2025

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  • Dunure Community Council Minutes 17th June 2025

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  • Plans for Speed Bumps

    These are the original plans for the speed bumps at
    Fisherton Primary and Castle Road.

    The plan above clearly set out a length of the raised section of the speed table as 2420mm with a ramp length of 750mm and the height of the raised section as 60mm.

    It’s immediately obvious that what has been installed bears no relation to what has been promised.

    The above is a generic plan, not necessarily what will be installed.

    The plan below is the final plan issued by the Ayrshire Road Alliance.

    As can be seen above, the plans indicate that Castle Road will be a 20 mph zone, with a 40 mph zone to the bottom of the hill, and a 20 mph zone from there to the end of the houses at the south end of Castle Road.

    Chicanes are in the plans for both north and south access to Dunure.

    New Pedestrian signs are also proposed either side of Kennedy Drive.

    What is still to be clarified is the direction of right-of-way for the chicanes. It would make sense for traffic heading out of the village to have precedence on both the north and the south sides. Then vehicles heading up the hill have right of way, and local residents won’t have a regular series of hill starts.

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  • Speed Bumps

    Apr 3, 2025

    from Angus Craig on Facebook

    Traffic calming

    We have raised the issue of the speed bump outside the school as it appears not to have been constructed as per the plans. Secondly, the most southerly island created on Castle Road is clearly going to block access to the vacant plot, we have asked for it to be moved.

    Reply from Ayrshire Roads Alliance is as follows.

    The taper length on the raised table has been identified and the contractor (McGivney) told to rectify as per the drawings.

    At the moment, they have been sited there to slow vehicles before they get to the existing housing developments. However, these are placed directly on the road resting on their own self weight to allow for their movability and thus can be relocated if need be.

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