- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will commit funding for a new Forth crossing.
Answer
A decision on thepreferred crossing option and how it will be funded will be made in autumn 2007.
Transport Scotland has the operational responsibility for this area andcan be contacted if required.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional cost is associated with the southern loop of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route to Stonehaven and what the benefit to cost ratio is of that element of the project.
Answer
The Fastlink betweenStonehaven and Cleanhill Junction is an integral part of the scheme as a whole.No separate cost estimate or benefit to cost ratio has been prepared for this sectionof the project.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what calculation has been made of the additional impact of carbon emissions from vehicles if the A9 from Perth to Inverness is dualled and how this is being factored into benefit to cost ratio calculations.
Answer
Future investmenton the trunk road network, including the A9, will emerge from the Strategic TransportProjects Review which is due to report in summer 2008.
The review involvesa Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance based appraisal which will include an assessmentof all environmental impacts.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish any reports on the cost of the proposed dualling of the A9 from Perth to Inverness.
Answer
The most recent studyon dualling sections of the A9 was the A9 Perth to Blair Atholl Route ImprovementStrategy Study which is available on the Transport Scotland website at:
http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/defaultpage1221cde0.aspx?pageID=109&rlID=585.Further scoping workis underway and this will feed into the Strategic Transport Projects Review whichis due to report in June 2008.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a new Forth crossing would be part-funded by tolling its users.
Answer
Further work on funding optionsfor the crossing will take place over the summer to allow a decision to be madein autumn 2007.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the relative benefit to cost ratios are of building a (a) tunnel and (b) bridge as a new Forth crossing.
Answer
On 26 June 2007 the Cabinet decided to pursue two crossing options (abridge at Corridor D just west of the existing bridge and a tunnel option at CorridorC) before making a decision on the preferred crossing in the autumn. The relativebenefit to cost ratios of these options are:
Tunnel in CorridorC = 2.23
Cable-Stayed Bridgein Corridor D = 4.31
Suspension Bridgein Corridor D = 3.83.
These are set outin the final study report which can be found at:
www.transportscotland.gov.uk/stpr.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimated costs are associated with moving the International School of Aberdeen from the preferred route of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
The compensation payableis not yet known but will be paid in accordance with relevant legislation and willbe assessed by the independent Valuation Office Agency.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding mechanism will be used to cover the costs of building a new Forth crossing.
Answer
Further work on fundingoptions for the crossing will take place over the summer to allow a decision tobe made in autumn 2007.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to extending improvements to the A82 road southwards of the work being done under the £90 million Tarbet to Fort William Route Action Plan.
Answer
Future investmenton the trunk road network, including the A82, will emerge from the Strategic TransportProjects Review which is due to report in summer 2008.
Details and timescalesfor our major and important planned road projects can be found on the TransportScotland website at:
http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/uploads/documents/Scottish-Motorways-Trunk-Road-Programme-June2007-final.pdf.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions were held between 16 and 31 May 2007 with employees involved in toll collection at the Forth Estuary Transport Authority concerning their employment.
Answer
This is a matter forthe Forth Estuary Transport Authority (FETA).
