- 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 options for a new Forth crossing which would involve tolls on the existing crossing continuing as an income stream to part-fund the costs of any new crossing are under active consideration.
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: Monday, 02 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what developer contribution has been factored into sharing the costs of delivering the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
None.
- 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).
- 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 what its priority road projects are in the west of Scotland.
Answer
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: Tuesday, 03 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 17 July 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, following the transport strategic spending review, it is satisfied with the (a) accuracy of the cost of and (b) assessment of risk involved in dualling the A9.
Answer
The review relatedto the current inherited programme as set out in the Transport Scotland websiteat:
http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/uploads/documents/Scottish-Motorways-Trunk-Road-Programme-June2007-final.pdf.Future investmenton the trunk road network, including the A9, will emerge from the Strategic TransportProjects Review which is due to report in summer 2008.
- 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, following the transport strategic spending review, it is satisfied with the (a) accuracy of the cost of and (b) assessment of risk involved in the Glasgow Airport Rail Link.
Answer
As I announced inmy statement to Parliament on 26 June Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT)and Network Rail (NR) are working together to combine the Glasgow Airport Rail Link(GARL) with NR’s Paisley Corridor Renewal (PCR) project.
Transport Scotland, SPT and NR will, over the Parliament’s summer recess,work to deliver the detailed schedule, cost and risk model for the integrated projectsand we expect to be in a position to provide the Parliament with an update in theearly autumn.
The integration ofthese two projects will minimise the disruption on what is one of Scotland’s busiest rail corridors.
- 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 guidance is in place in respect of the closure of the Forth and Tay road bridges to traffic in the event of wind speeds in excess of 50 mph and what guidance on closure during high winds will be issued if the new Forth crossing is a bridge.
Answer
Both the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (FETA) and the Tay Road BridgeJoint Board (TRBJB) maintain procedural manuals for dealing with the impact of highwinds on the bridges.
A decision on thetype of replacement crossing for the Forth will be made inautumn 2007, therefore it is too early to comment at this stage.
- 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 have taken place with finance and construction companies regarding funding options for a new Forth crossing.
Answer
There have been informaldiscussions with banks, Partnerships UK and both construction and consulting engineersas part of the Forth Replacement Crossing Study. These discussions have includeddiscussions about the construction methodology for the crossing, risks to deliveryand the wide range of procurement and finance options available.
