Is a full Island Communities Impact Assessment required?
You should now determine whether, in your opinion, your policy, strategy or service is likely to have an effect on an island community which is significantly different from its effect on other communities (including other island communities). To form your opinion, the following questions should be considered:
Are there mitigations in place for the impacts identified and noted above from stakeholders and community consultations? (If further ICIA action is not required, complete the section below and publish).
Does the evidence show different circumstances or different expectations or needs, or different experiences or outcomes (such as levels of satisfaction, or different rates of participation)?
Are these different effects likely?
Are these effects significantly different?
Could the effect amount to a disadvantage for an island community compared to the mainland or between island groups?
A full Islands Community Impact Assessment is NOT required.
In preparing the ICIA, I have formed an opinion that our policy, strategy or service is NOT likely to have an effect on an island community which is significantly different from its effect on other communities (including other island communities).
The reasons for this are discussed in the Step 4 Assessment.
The proposals are limited to a relatively small number of changes, which are intended to improve clarity and consistency of signing the trunk road network, by aligning the list of Primary Destinations with the current extents of the network. The impacts throughout Scotland, on the way that people travel and the destinations that they travel to, are likely to be negligible. The islands are affected (or not affected) similarly to the rest of Scotland in this respect.
Regarding the proposed change that directly relates to the islands, on the A87, the change reflects the development of the road network, specifically the opening of the Skye Bridge in 1995 and the extension of the trunk road to Uig. Signing on the network to and within Skye has already evolved to accommodate this. The proposed changes to the Primary Destination list should only ensure that this is done in a consistent manner, as new signs are prepared, and replacement signs installed through routine maintenance.
Screening ICIA completed by: Alan Oliver
Position: Senior Engineer - Standards Advisor
Signature and date: Alan Oliver, 27 March 2024
ICIA authorised by: Hugh Gillies
Position: Director of Roads
Signature and date: Hugh Gillies, 9 July 2024