Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will permit Scottish Canals to access ongoing Sustrans funding to maintain, for a period of 50 years, the new Stockingfield Bridge over the Forth & Clyde Canal.
Like all Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Scottish Canals are required to seek approval from the Scottish Government for funding proposals above agreed threshholds. This ensures that larger projects are both affordable and in the best interests of wider public funds spend.
Proposals relating to Stockingfield Bridge will be subject to this process and will require Scottish Government approval before any undertaking can be made. I have yet to receive such a proposal from Scottish Canals but will of course give any such proposal full consideration.