- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Neil Gray on 12 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many assaults on doctors have been reported in each year since 2018, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
This is a matter for NHS boards and Police Scotland. The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33168 by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2025, what the expected (a) timeline and (b) costs are for completing ongoing repairs to the A90 Finavon Bridge, which was damaged during Storm Babet.
Answer
The current estimated costs are £716,432.40. However, this may increase as the investigation and design for the permanent works progresses.
Construction is anticipated to be complete by the end of September 2025. However, investigations and permanent works design are still ongoing. Ecological factors at the site will also severely affect the available construction window
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33161 by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2025, how many of the 2,297 street lights on the A90 are fitted with LED bulbs.
Answer
2296 of the 2297 streetlights on the A90 are fitted with LED bulbs.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33168 by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2025, what funding has been allocated for maintenance and repair work on the A90 overbridges and overpasses over the last five years.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-33160 on 22 January 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33161 by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2025, what plans are in place to further upgrade street lighting along the A90, including (a) timelines and (b) estimated costs.
Answer
Transport Scotland’s Ancillary Assets Scheme Development Guidance provides direction on the identification, development and assessment of potential lighting schemes to ensure that funding is spent on the most deserving sites that offer best value with a demonstrable maintenance need. The protocol requires our Operating Companies to develop a 3 year programme that details all planned maintenance works. The following table lists the current draft A90 lighting maintenance plans.
Route | Location | Additional Info | Financial Year | Estimated Cost (£) |
A90 | Inchture | At Eastbound and Westbound slips roundabout | 26-27 | 200,000 |
A90 | Inchmichael Interchange | At bottom of Westbound on slip | 27-28 | 80,000 |
A90 | Fintry Roundabout to Emmock Roundabout | LHS William Fitzgerald Way | 28-29 | 110,000 |
A90 | Quilkoe Junction | B9128 on RHS | 28-29 | 220,000 |
A90 | Stracathro | On west side of over bridge | 28-29 | 200,000 |
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33168 by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2025, what specific criteria are used to determine that all 140 overbridges and overpasses on the A90 are in an “acceptable condition.”
Answer
Bridges are inspected in accordance with the National Standard CS 450 Inspection of Highway Structures and the condition is ranked and prioritised in accordance with the requirements of The Inspection Manual for Highway Structures Volume 1 and the Transport Scotland Structures Manual.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-33161 by Fiona Hyslop on 22 January 2025, how much has been spent on upgrading the 2,297 street lights on the A90 in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
Please see the following table which provides the costs of upgrading the 2297 streetlights on the A90.
Activity | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 |
Upgrading/Refurbishment | £152,661.01 | £472,649.31 | £153,868.18 | £208,247.81 | £11,355.70 |
Transport Scotland does not hold the above information by local authority area, and these figures are for the full length of the A90.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out an analysis of the cost-effectiveness of maintaining emergency telephones on the A90, including the section north of Dundee, compared with alternative measures.
Answer
The emergency telephones on the A90 are maintained under a term contract managed by Transport Scotland whereby a monthly unitary payment is made, for the maintenance and repair of, Scotland wide, ITS (Intelligent Transport System) roadside assets such as the A90 emergency telephones.
In the summer of 2024, on behalf of Transport Scotland, the Traffic Scotland Service Operator (Mobiie) conducted an Operational Requirement review of Emergency Roadside Telephones (ERT’s) resulting in the recommendation that the ERT’s remain in operation as a service to the public.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many emergency telephones are installed on the A90, broken down by the (a) section north of Dundee and (b) other sections.
Answer
There are seven emergency telephones installed on the A90 north of Dundee and two on other sections of the A90.
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2025
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how often emergency telephones on the A90, including the section north of Dundee, have been used in the past five years.
Answer
In the past five years 51 calls have been received on the emergency telephones on the A90 north of Dundee.