- 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 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be a gateway review before the final business case is put forward for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route and, if so, when such a review will be conducted.
Answer
Gateway reviews willbe scheduled at the appropriate points in the project development.
- 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 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the economic benefits arising from the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route derive from the (a) building of private houses and (b) provision of out-of-town retail facilities.
Answer
(a) None. (b) None.
- 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 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of congestion on roads in the city of Aberdeen will be alleviated by the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
Full details are availablein the Environmental Statement which can be downloaded from the project website
www.awpr.co.uk.
- 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 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether where will be a gateway review before the final business case is put forward for the Waverley railway line project and, if so, when such a review will be conducted.
Answer
There will be a gatewayreview held before the final business case is put forward for the Waverley railway line project. Until the due diligence exerciseis completed, it is not prudent to comment when the next review will be held.
- 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 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what provision it has made for home loss payments to those affected by the construction of the Waverley railway line; how this has been calculated, and whether any such provision is included in the capped amount committed by the previous administration for the line.
Answer
Home loss paymentswill be made to those eligible under the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973. Provision has been made for this by the Promoterin cost estimates for land purchase, based on independent advice from the DistrictValuer. This provision is currently included in the capped amount committed by theprevious administration for the line.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-1811 by Stewart Stevenson on 24 July 2007, whether its cost estimate for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is based on the current preferred option including the Stonehaven spur and how this estimate was reached.
Answer
The current cost estimate,in the range £295 million to £395 million, is based on the Milltimber Brae optionand includes costs for the Stonehaven Fastlink. The cost estimate was prepared bythe project team in discussion with the Managing Agent and Consulting Engineersusing data benchmarked against similar Scottish schemes.
- 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 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what benchmark was used in terms of costs per kilometre for estimating the construction costs of the Waverley railway line and how this figure compares with the benchmark figures used by the Strategic Rail Authority in estimating construction costs for new lines elsewhere in the United Kingdom.
Answer
The promoter has reportedto the Scottish Executive that they did not use a benchmark cost/kilometre to calculatethe capital costs due to the number of variables along the route. Instead, the promoterused a “bottom-up” approach which was based on calculating actual quantities forthe construction components based on the preliminary design and applying the mostapplicable industry rates to these components. This methodology was widely acceptedto be a more robust approach to the benchmark cost/kilometre figures used by theStrategic Rail Authority in estimating construction costs for new lines else wherein the United Kingdom where there is insufficient information.
- 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 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil servants were involved in the review of major transport projects conducted in June; how many hours of staff time were dedicated to it, and what the cost was of conducting the review.
Answer
The review of majortransport projects was conducted by a small team of officials from Transport Scotland alongside their normal duties. Transport Scotland doesnot keep records of the time spent by officials on individual tasks.
- 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 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any relaxation on building in the green belt will be permitted in relation to sites adjacent to or in the vicinity of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-2717 on 23 August 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 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much land it needs to acquire to build the M74 extension; how many significant landholdings are involved, and who the owners are.
Answer
The land requiredfor the M74 Completion was identified on the Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) whichwas made on 24 March 2005.A copy of the CPOcan be viewed on the M74 Completion Website
www.m74completion.com.
