- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the review of the implications of the removal of tolls on the Forth Road Bridge has been seen by ministers and when it will be published.
Answer
Ministers have nowseen the final report of the Toll Impact Study, covering both the Forth and Tay road bridges. This was published on Monday20 August, and is available on the Scottish Executive website at
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Transport/Road/toll-bridges.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route project and what proportion of these costs are attributable to the change of route announced in December 2005.
Answer
To date approximately£22.5 million has been spent on the design and development of the project. Priorto the announcement in December 2005 of the adoption of the Milltimber Brae andFastlink £12.2 million was spent on the design of the Murtle Route. £6.4million of the £12.2 million spend related to sections of the Murtle route commonto the current proposals.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the review of major transport projects conducted in June 2007 included a full risk analysis of major capital projects other than the Edinburgh trams project and Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-2704 on 3 September 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the route of the Waverley railway line involves the use of existing track and what proportion involves laying new track, also showing the distances involved.
Answer
The total length of the Waverley Railway line is 56km, from Edinburgh to Tweedbank. 47km of the line is new track, from Tweedbank northwards,connecting to the existing track at Newcraighall.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the review of major transport projects conducted in June 2007 included a full review of projected costs of major capital projects other than the Edinburgh trams project and Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project and whether these costs can now be expressed at 2007 prices.
Answer
The review consideredthe costs of each of the major projects based on the latest information for eachproject which are derived from Transport Scotland’s regular project monitoring. To ensure consistency of monitoring the estimatesare based on the out-turn costs at the anticipated date for construction.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received from private developers in relation to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route or to development controls over areas of green belt adjacent to the projected route of the project.
Answer
A number of privatedevelopers have approached the project team to enquire about the scheme design asit has progressed. Development control is, however, a matter for Aberdeen City andAberdeenshire Councils.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional risks were identified through the review of major transport projects conducted in June 2007 relating to (a) the Edinburgh trams project, (b) the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project and (c) other capital projects.
Answer
The review consideredthe risks of each of the major projects based on the latest information for eachproject and the extent to which risks had been or could be mitigated successfully.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the benefits of the Waverley railway project is attributable to new houses being built in the Scottish Borders Council area in places that will be served by new stations and how many new houses are planned to be built.
Answer
Information on thenumber of new houses planned to be built, and the anticipated proportion of benefitsthat is attributable to the new houses being built in the Scottish Borders Councilarea in places that will be served by new stations, can be found in the promoter’sOutline Business Case which can be accessed at the following website:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/waverlyRB/docs/wr04-bc-00.htm.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to complete the process of acquisition of land required to enable it to build the M74 extension.
Answer
With the exceptionof very small areas, all of the land required for the M74 completion scheme hasnow been acquired.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what provision has been made by the promoters of the Waverley railway line in their cost estimates for fencing new track.
Answer
The provision in thecost estimate for fencing the new track shall ensure that the boundaries of thenew track are secure to the appropriate railway fencing requirements.
