Timetable, essential and urgent travel

In relation to travelling with a vehicle, most of the suggestions were focused on accessing spaces under certain circumstances and generally at short notice. There was reference to emergency or urgent travel spaces being made available for: islanders attending medical appointments; key workers; and people travelling with a vehicle for business-critical needs, including those relating to urgent maintenance and repair work.

Some respondents favoured reserving a proportion of spaces on each crossing for emergency or essential travel, with the spaces then released if not needed. Other comments pointed to some form of general priority reservation or booking system for island residents, essential service providers or emergency vehicles. There were also references to waitlisting, including that there needs to be a fair way of allocating spaces that become available.