- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 7 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2268 by Sarah Boyack on 22 November 1999, to provide a detailed breakdown of the #450,000 costs involved in providing cycling facilities for the Ayr Road Route of the M77.
Answer
The detailed breakdown of the £450,000 cost involved in providing cycling facilities for the Ayr Road Route of the M77 is as follows:
| 1 | Corkerhill Pedestrian/Cycle Bridge | £155,000 |
| 2 | Arden/Darnley Pedestrian/Cycle Bridge | £155,000 |
| 3 | Nithsdale Road/Drumbeck Road remote pedestrian/cycle track. | £19,250 |
| 4 | Corkerhill/White Cart remote pedestrian/cycle track. | £49,700 |
| 5 | Arden/Darnley remote pedestrian/cycle track | £56,000 |
| 6 | Lighting | £15,000 |
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 7 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2268 by Sarah Boyack on 22 November 1999, to provide a detailed breakdown of the #1,057,500 costs involved in providing cycling facilities for the Harthope Viaduct to Coatsgate section of the M74.
Answer
This section was procured within the M74/A74M Design, Build, Finance & Operate Contract and a detailed cost breakdown is not available. The value of the scheme is based on securing 9km of cycleway at an estimated rate of £117.50 per metre length.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 7 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2268 by Sarah Boyack on 22 November 1999, which of the figures provided relate to the costs of work already carried out under the Trunk Road Cycling Initiative and whether or not the figures given are all attributable to cycling provision.
Answer
All of the figures given were attributable to provision for cyclists. Those works already carried out are indicated below.
| Route | Project |
| A1 | Spott Road - Oswald Dean |
| A1 | Lemington - Howburn |
| A701 | Locharbriggs |
| A701 | Tinwald Downs Roundabout |
| A701 | Priory Roundabout |
| A75 | The Glen |
| A76 | Bowhouse Roundabout |
| A76 | Lochhill |
| A76 | Bargower |
| A76 | North of Bowhouse |
| A76 | Lowes |
| A77 | Maybole |
| A77 | Dutchhouse - Spitallhill |
| A77 | Whitletts Roundabout, Ayr |
| A77 | Holmston - Whitletts |
| A77 | Maybole - Girvan Cycle Route |
| A77 | Maybole |
| A82 | Longman Road |
| A82 | Kilbowie Road Clydebank |
| A82/A9 | Longman - Kessock Bridge |
| A828 | Creagan Bridge |
| A86 | Rubha na Magach - Aberarder |
| A876 | Kincardine Bridge |
| A889 | North of Dalwhinnie |
| A9 | Slochd |
| A9 | Drumochter (County Boundary - Dalwhinnie) |
| A9 | Birnam Station Link |
| A9 | Birnam Junction |
| A9 | Slochd Phase 1 |
| A9 | Kessock - Tore |
| A9 | Logie Easter |
| A9 | North Kessock |
| A90 | Longforgan |
| A90 | Anderson Drive Aberdeen |
| A90 | Peterhead |
| A96 | Raigmore - Seafield |
| A96 | Blackburn - Kintore |
| A96 | Trades Park Nairn |
| A96 | Fochabers |
| A96 | Forres - Kinloss |
| A96 | Forres - Tarras |
| A96 | Auchmill Rd Aberdeen |
| M74 | Uddingston |
| M74 | Spindlehowe Underpass |
| M77 | Nithsdale Road |
| M77 | Ayr Road Route |
| M8 | Kinning Park |
| M8 | Easter Inch |
| M8/M9 | Newbridge |
| M90 | Halbeath-Crossgates Roundabout |
| M74 | Millbank to Kirkpatrick Fleming |
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 7 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2268 by Sarah Boyack on 22 November 1999, to provide a detailed breakdown of the #88,000 costs of providing cycling facilities on the Bargower section of the A76 and the #99,000 costs of providing cycling facilities on the North of Bowhouse section of the A76.
Answer
In each case, consideration of cyclists' needs resulted in the provision of hardstrips in larger improvement contracts. On the Bargower section of the A76, the installation of edge of carriageway hardstrips cost £88,000. On the North of Bowhouse section of the A76 the installation of edge of carriageway hardstrips cost £99,000.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 7 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a statement on the progress of the Trunk Roads Cycling Initiative.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is progressing the Trunk Roads Cycling Initiative in a number of areas. It is continuing to promote the portfolio of schemes listed in my answer of 22 November 1999 (S1W-2268) including major sections of the Sustrans National Cycle Network in the A9 corridor. The dedicated cycle route running parallel to the M74/A74(M) motorway is almost complete. The remaining section to which we have contributed is to be provided on local roads south of Kirkpatrick Fleming. Some work has been completed redetermining suitable sections of trunk road footway to permit use by cyclists and our interest in this area continues. Advice on the provision for cyclists within new trunk road schemes has been included in the technical consultation document, Cycling by Design which I published in December 1999.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 7 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2268 by Sarah Boyack on 22 November 1999, what further cycling facilities attached to trunk roads are planned.
Answer
Those improvements for which plans have been made are contained in the list which I published in answer to your question S1W-2268 on 22 November 1999.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sarah Boyack on 7 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2268 by Sarah Boyack on 22 November 1999, to provide a detailed breakdown of the #138,480 costs involved in providing cycling facilities for the Parkhead to J13 Abington section of the M74.
Answer
This section was procured within the M74/A74(M) Design, Build, Finance & Operate Contract and a detailed cost breakdown is not available. The value of the scheme is based on securing 10.215km of cycleway at an estimated rate of £13.56 per metre length.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 January 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 7 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools in Scotland do not have school boards.
Answer
The latest published statistics (from May 1998) show 476 schools which were eligible to have a school board did not. 95 schools in Scotland were not eligible to have a school board.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 3 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many school boards there are at present in Scotland.
Answer
The latest published statistics (from May 1998) show a total of 2,268 school boards in Scotland.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 3 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many current school board members in Scotland are parent representatives and of these how many took their position as a result of a contested election.
Answer
This information is not collected centrally.
