Crap Towns / Argyll and Bute / Road condition
How bad are the roads in Argyll and Bute?
In 2025-26, 38% of Argyll and Bute council's A roads, 53% of its B and C roads and 48% of its unclassified roads should have been considered for maintenance. Across Scotland the figures were 30%, 33% and 36%. Ten years earlier, in 2015-16, the figures were 45%, 60% and 53%.
Even the A road keeps falling off the hill at the Rest and Be Thankful. The B roads didn't need the help.
| Year | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 45% | 60% | 53% |
| 2016-17 | 45% | 62% | 53% |
| 2017-18 | 43% | 63% | 53% |
| 2018-19 | 42% | 61% | 53% |
| 2019-20 | 42% | 59% | 55% |
| 2020-21 | 40% | 58% | 53% |
| 2021-22 | 37% | 56% | 52% |
| 2022-23 | 37% | 54% | 51% |
| 2023-24 | 38% | 53% | 50% |
| 2024-25 | 39% | 55% | 52% |
| 2025-26 | 38% | 53% | 48% |
| Council | A roads | B and C roads | Unclassified roads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argyll and Bute | 38% | 53% | 48% |
| Highland | 31% | 39% | 43% |
| Inverclyde | 17% | 35% | 36% |
| North Ayrshire | 28% | 31% | 31% |
| Renfrewshire | 19% | 29% | 31% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 22% | 30% | 31% |
| Across Scotland | 30% | 33% | 36% |