- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the conversion of the Auchenkilns Roundabout on the A80 to a grade separated junction indicates its preference for upgrading the A80 through Cumbernauld to full motorway status.
Answer
The preference for an on line route was announced in 1997 and reaffirmed by the Strategic Roads Review in 1999. The decision to proceed to construct the new Auchenkilns Junction was taken on the economic benefits of that scheme.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to reduce the volume of traffic on the A803.
Answer
The A803 is a local road and it is the statutory responsibility of North Lanarkshire Council as local roads authority to manage the operation and maintenance of its local roads, including addressing any issues relating to traffic volumes.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to upgrade the road network around Kilsyth in order to improve links from the town to the rest of Scotland.
Answer
The roads connecting Kilsyth to the rest of the Scottish public road network are local roads and are therefore the statutory responsibility of North Lanarkshire Council.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers the ideal distance should be of a major urban settlement from any motorway.
Answer
There is no such specified standard.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-20863 by Cathy Jamieson on 29 November 2005 and if it is the case that failure to meet a particular contractual commitment is not a breach of contract, whether this is the position in relation to all contracts it or its agencies sign or just in the specific case of the contract with Premier Prison Services Ltd to operate HM Prison Kilmarnock.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-21258 on 15 December 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: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-20863 by Cathy Jamieson on 29 November 2005 and if it is the case that failure to meet a particular contractual commitment is not a breach of contract, whether it considers that its contracts are rigorously enough drafted to ensure that contractors adhere to their contractual commitments.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Failure to report a performance measure would lead to the application of the appropriate performance points. I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-17042 on 17 June 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: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any concerns in respect of the number of bidders for recent competitive tenders for road capital projects.
Answer
No. We are content that the level of competition for recent contracts has secured good value tender prices.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many bidders there have been for each competitive tender for road capital projects over the value of £10 million in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
The number of bidders for trunk road contracts over £10 million in value let by the Scottish Executive is tabulated in the following:
| Year | Scheme | No. of Tenderers |
| 2001 | A830 Arisaig to Kinsadel | 3 |
| 2001 | A1 Haddington to Dunbar Expressway | 5 |
| 2002 | A8 Baillieston to Newhouse | 3 |
| 2002 | M77 Fenwick to Malletsheugh | 3 |
| 2003 | A78 Ardrossan, Saltcoats and Stevenson Bypass | 3 |
| 2003 | A80 Auchenkilns Junction Improvement | 2 |
| 2003 | A985 Kincardine Eastern Link Road | 3 |
| 2005 | A68 Dalkeith Bypass | 3* |
| 2005 | A90 Glendoick and Kinfauns Interchanges | 4* |
| 2005 | A830 Arisaig to Loch Nan Uahm | 3* |
| 2005 | A876 Upper Forth Crossing at Kincardine | 3* |
Note: *The number of bidders invited to tender for contracts that are currently out to tender.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how long it estimates that the (a) upgrading of the A80 from Stepps to Haggs through Cumbernauld to full motorway status and (b) construction of a motorway through the identified Kelvin Valley route to join the M80 at Stepps to the M80 at Haggs would take.
Answer
The current estimate for both routes is a maximum of three years.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Tavish Scott on 15 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the upgrading of the A80 from Stepps to Haggs through Cumbernauld to full motorway status or the construction of a motorway through the identified Kelvin Valley route to join the M80 at Stepps to the M80 at Haggs would cause less disruption to existing traffic flow.
Answer
By maintaining two lanes open in each direction between 6am and 8pm, the disruption of constructing an on line upgrade will be minimised. Self evidently, construction of an off line route would cause even less disruption.
