- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when the A8 between Baillieston and Newhouse will be upgraded to dual three-lane equivalent motorway standard and operational.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-2791 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: Wednesday, 01 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it or Transport Scotland has instructed TIE Limited that work should cease on the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project.
Answer
Transport Scotland has instructed TIE Limited that no more money shouldbe spent on the EARL project than is strictly unavoidable during the current reviewof its governance and future.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the electrification of the Edinburgh to Glasgow rail line will enable passengers to travel in and out of stations in (a) Edinburgh without changing at Haymarket or Waverley and (b) Glasgow without changing at Glasgow Queen Street or Central.
Answer
Transport Scotland is leading work to provide firm proposals forthe most cost-effective ways to improve reliability, bring down journey times andprovide capacity for the expected continuing growth in rail passenger numbers betweenEdinburgh and Glasgow. Electrification is one possible option for achieving thisand its effects on service integration at stations in Edinburgh and Glasgow willbe considered in the wider context of the above service improvements. The resultsof this will be reported in September and will be considered as part of the StrategicTransport Projects Review.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost would be of adding an extra lane for overtaking on the A82.
Answer
The cost of addingan extra lane for overtaking on the A82 has not been estimated.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Borders Council or the Executive would be expected to meet the cost of any operational deficit linked to the Waverley railway line.
Answer
It is expected thatany operational deficit would require to be funded in a comparable manner to therest of the ScotRail network. The impact of this requirement forms part of the currentdue-diligence assessment by Transport Scotland of the Borders railway project.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much journey times will be improved through the electrification of the Edinburgh to Glasgow rail line.
Answer
Transport Scotland is leading work to provide firm proposals forthe most cost-effective ways to improve reliability, bring down journey times andprovide capacity for the expected continuing growth in rail passenger numbers betweenEdinburgh and Glasgow. Electrification is one possible option for achieving thisand the improvements to journey times through this are currently being assessed.The results of this work will be reported in September and will be considered aspart of the Strategic Transport Projects Review.
- 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: Wednesday, 01 August 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-1845 by Stewart Stevenson on 20 July 2007, whether its study of the benefits of the Air Route Development Fund will also look at the environmental benefits and disbenefits of the fund.
Answer
The evaluation of the economic benefits arising from the Route Development Fund will take into accountthe environmental impact of the routes supported by the fund.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to complete the M8; what costs are envisaged; what the timescale is, and what benefits there will be from any upgrade.
Answer
Full details on theplans and benefits for the M8 completion can be found on the project website at
www.m8completion.co.uk. Details ofcosts and timescales can be found on the Transport Scotland website at
www.transportscotland.gov.uk/projects.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many traffic incidents causing congestion have been recorded on the A82 between the Dumbuck junction and the Erskine Bridge in each of the last three years.
Answer
Not alltraffic incidents are reported to the trunk road operating companies and not allrecorded incidents cause congestion. The number of traffic incidents (includingaccidents, potholes, signal faults, debris, spillages, flooding, damaged roadsidefurniture and so on) reported to Amey, the south-west trunk road operating companyfor the A82 trunk road between Dumbuck and the Erskine Bridge in the last three financial years, is asfollows:
2004-05- 122
2005-06- 181
2006-07- 195
April2007 to present - 47.
Thesefigures may include instances of multiple reports of the same incident.
Transport Scotland has operational responsibility for this area and canbe contacted for further information if required.
