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A REGIONAL marine plan guiding the management of Shetlandâs coastal waters which is set to become the first of its type in Scotland is being considered by councillors this week.
The proposed plan says it will âbuild on Shetlandâs existing track record of effective and sustainable marine managementâ and also âensure the marine waters around Shetland continue to be clean, healthy, safe and productiveâ.
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The draft regional marine plan, which could become a benchmark for other authorities in Scotland, will ultimately be submitted to Scottish ministers.
Its objectives cover social, environmental and economic areas, while the âoverarching goal of marine planning is to ensure the sustainable development, protection and enhancement of the marine area, whilst accommodating the mitigation of, and adaptation to, climate changeâ.
In keeping with “raise the age” law, Governor establishes new panel that can make recommendations for clemency
Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order Thursday forming the state’s Juvenile Sentence Review Board. The advisory board will review the sentences of people who were tried in adult criminal court in their teens over a decade ago, and then make clemency and commutation recommendations to the governor, according to a press release.
Nowadays, most teens under 18 enter juvenile courts first if they don’t have criminal convictions, except if the conviction is a misdemeanor unrelated to impaired driving under North Carolina’s bipartisan Raise the Age Act. Yet before the state enacted the law in December 2019, 16 and 17-year-olds were automatically tried in the state’s adult criminal justice system regardless of their charges.
SHETLAND Islands Council is to call for the suspension of plans to centralise air traffic control services at Sumburgh and other airports in the Highlands and Islands to allow further consideration of a recent islands impact assessment.
It comes after a motion proposed by Shetland South member George Smith was unanimously backed in the council chamber today (Wednesday).
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The motion, presented to a meeting of the full council, said that the controversial project should be paused to give “proper consideration” to a recent islands impact assessment.
It presses for a meeting to be urgently organised between the council, airport operator HIAL and government ministers.
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THE CONSTRUCTION of a new road in Cullivoe which leads to the area’s busy pier has received its final approval from councillors.
A full business case for the new £5 million two-lane road between Gutcher and Cullivoe went in front of a meeting of the full Shetland Islands Council on Wednesday and elected members were happy to give their backing.
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The upgrade of the B9082 was made a priority road project in 2019 as it is no longer considered fit for purpose due to the number of HGV vehicles using the road.
It is a vital link road for the fishing and aquaculture industries which use the Cullivoe pier.
SHETLAND Islands Council (SIC) will face a projected overall net unsustainable draw on reserves of more than £12 million in the next financial year if its budget is approved by elected members on Wednesday. Finance manager Jamie Manson told a meeting of the SIC’s policy and.