Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on improving drainage on the A90 from Dundee to Aberdeen in each financial year from 2019-20 to date.
As trunk road maintenance costs are held on a whole route basis we are unable to provide figures for the section of the A90 trunk road from Dundee to Aberdeen.
However, please see the following table for details of how much was spent on improving drainage on the whole of the A90 trunk road for the financial years 2019-20 onwards. These works are in addition to regular asset inspections undertaken through the maintenance contracts, which then develop and prioritises programmes of works.
2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | Total spend | |
Total | £612,625 | £92,056 | £564,815 | £122,464 | £1,035 | £1,392,995 |
Please note that these figures relate to drainage-specific works. On occasions where drainage elements were included in larger schemes (e.g. major resurfacing works), we are unable to disaggregate drainage costs in those situations and as such, those figures will not appear in the table above.
Due to the condition of the drainage assets on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) section of the A90 trunk road, there have been no drainage-specific improvement schemes undertaken in this period.