Question reference: S6W-00494
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 7 June 2021
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Current status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated in its budget for each year since 2018-19 to road improvements in South Ayrshire, broken down by road.
Answer
Scottish Ministers, through Transport Scotland, are responsible for 2 Trunk Roads in South Ayrshire, the A77 and A78. Transport Scotland’s Operating Company for the South West Unit, Amey is allocated an overall maintenance budget for the Trunk Roads within this unit. Amey and Transport Scotland agree which areas require improvements or repairs, the urgency of any works and programming any works using the funds available. The following table shows the actual spend for these roads from 2018. These include minor improvements, bridge improvements and structural maintenance costs. It should also be noted that these figures are for the whole of the A77 and A78 routes, however not all of the routes lie within South Ayrshire. Investment in the A77 also continues with the construction of the Maybole bypass, which has a construction cost of £29 million, currently ongoing and is anticipated to be completed in winter 2021.
Route | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-2022 | Total |
A77 | £3,645,510.89 | £5,808,054.36 | £6,582,553.46 | £912,196.43 | £16,948,315.14 |
A78 | £5,028,258.21 | £3,412,100.53 | £4,698,786.05 | £453,980.65 | £13,593,125.44 |