...On Tuesday, BBC Scotland revealed that house builder Tulloch Homes and supermarket chain Tesco lobbied Highland Council to pursue that route.
But council leader Drew Hendry denied the local authority had been unduly influenced by commercial companies, and he said the West Link process was transparent.
Tulloch Homes said it had not lobbied councillors or council officials. A spokesman also said that it had been the company's understanding that its submission to a public consultation on the road in 2011 was a public document.
In reply to Cllr Hendry; if the process was totally transparent then why am I able to pose these two questions:
- Why weren't all the consultation responses available on line for everyone to read, just as they would have been if the responses had been submitted as part of a Development Plan consultation?
- Why was there only a summary of responses, dated 12/02/2012, displaying a selection comments (with reference numbers and not names)?
THC needs to pay more attention to public concerns and put all of the consultation comment from all the consultations onto their web site. The responses from the first consultation should have been available at the time of the second consultation.
The Inverness West Link page is at THC web site HERE
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