- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 30 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how the building of an eastern bypass for Aberdeen would compare with the Western Peripheral Route options in terms of building costs, potential traffic reduction and environmental impact.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-19278 on 29 September 2005.
All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa/search.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 16 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 29 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will complete and publish its assessment of the viability of an eastern bypass for Aberdeen as a proposed alternative to the Western Peripheral Route options.
Answer
The assessment of the viability of the suggested Aberdeen Eastern Bypass is expected to be completed shortly and will be published following the decision on the preferred route which I expect to make in the autumn.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 29 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-18360 by Tavish Scott on 5 September 2005, to what extent the criteria set out in the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) have been applied and whether a full STAG assessment report has been prepared in respect of each of the options for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
A assessment of each of the route options using the criteria set out in Part 1 of the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) has been undertaken. The analysis will be presented in the form of the Part 1 Appraisal Summary Tables as suggested by STAG and it is intended that these will be published following the decision on the preferred route which I expect to make in the autumn.
A copy of the STAG document is available on the internet at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/transport/stag.pdf.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 5 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the consultation report on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
The report will be published following the decision on the preferred route which I expect to make in the autumn.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 5 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review the presumption in favour of building the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, in light of concerns expressed regarding the impact of the route on oil prices and climate change.
Answer
No.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 5 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to assess the relative impact of each of the options for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route on the quality of life for local people, communities and individuals with special needs and how such assessments will be weighted prior to a final decision being made on the route.
Answer
The options under consideration are being assessed against the criteria set out in the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) a copy of which is available on the internet at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/transport/stag.pdf.
The assessment will be informed by the responses to the public consultation held earlier this year.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 5 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has gathered on the impact of the Murtle option for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route on the Camphill communities and to what extent this information will inform its decision on the route.
Answer
A wide range of data has been collected on the work of the communities together with information such as traffic levels, noise and air quality to help assess the impact on Camphill and inform the decision on the route. I visited the Camphill Community on 1 September.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it gauges the success of schemes such as the "Dumb Dumpers" flytipping stopline.
Answer
The stop line is part of the“Dumb Dumpers” campaign which is co-ordinated by Keep Scotland Beautiful on behalfof the Scottish Fly-tipping Forum. The Scottish Executive looks to the ScottishFly-tipping Forum to advise on the success and effectiveness of the scheme takingaccount of the number and nature of the calls received.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 1 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether convictions for flytipping have increased following the establishment of the "Dumb Dumpers" stopline.
Answer
Statistics on the number of prosecutionsfor fly-tipping offences since the
“Dumb Dumpers” stop line commenced in March 2004 are not yet available.
- Asked by: Shiona Baird, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 June 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the difference is between preliminary treatment and primary treatment in respect of the discharge of sewage.
Answer
Preliminary treatmentinvolves the screening and de-gritting of sewage prior to discharge. Screeningremoves larger solid materials contained in the flow and de-gritting ensuresthat the outflow does not become blocked through time. Primarytreatment of sewage effluent follows the same screening and de-gritting processwith a period of settlement. The settlement process allows finer suspendedmaterial to settle out prior to discharge.
