[Stronsaylimpet] OIC - ferry replacement

[Limpet editor]

Hi folks - Kirsty from the Council here.
Following last week’s Scottish Government budget statement – and our 
subsequent social media posts and press work on what it all meant for 
the Ferry Replacement Programme – we’ve had lots of follow up questions 
coming at us about the ferry funding.
We’ve pulled together a longer-form article for our website providing 
some more detail on this.
Articles like this give us the opportunity to provide more in-depth 
information than we can in a press release or quick media interview, in 
an easy to understand and digestible format – meaning you can be fully 
informed on key Council issues.
The article also includes links to other sources of information, 
including past Council press releases, meeting papers, audio recordings 
of meetings and Scottish Government releases too.
We have done these in the past and we’re keen to do more of them – so 
watch this space.
Tonight’s article - which you can access here 
https://www.orkney.gov.uk/latest-news/behind-the-headlines-ferry-replacement-programme 
-  covers:
👉The work of the Ferries Taskforce to date.
👉The level of funding received from the Scottish Government and how 
that funding will be used.
👉The next steps on the Ferry Replacement Programme – Phase 1 and Phase 2.