- 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 A9.
Answer
The cost of addingan extra lane for overtaking on the A9 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 when the A80 between Stepps and Haggs will be upgraded to dual two-lane equivalent motorway standard and operational.
Answer
We expect the A80Stepps to Haggs upgrade to be complete in 2011.
Details on timescalescan be found on the Transport Scotland website:
www.transportscotland.go.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 whether it has been advised of the findings of feasibility work commissioned by Fife Council in respect of the Forth hovercraft trial which stated that “no business case would stack up”.
Answer
The report commissionedby SESTRAN on cross Forth options has not yet been finalised.
- 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 subsidy is available for the operation of a water-based commuter service across the Forth between Edinburgh and Fife.
Answer
We must wait to seethe outcome and recommendations of the study commissioned by SESTRAN on all thecrossing options before considering funding options for any service to be provided.Full consideration will be given to funding arrangements for any service at thattime.
- 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 it has to upgrade the A9; what costs are envisaged; what the timescale is, and what benefits there will be from any upgrade.
Answer
Details and timescalesfor our major and important planned road projects, including those on the A9, canbe found on the Transport Scotland website at:
http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/index.aspx?pageID=1.Future investmenton the trunk road network, including the A9, will emerge from the Strategic TransportProjects Review (STPR) which is due to report in summer 2008. Options emerging fromthe STPR will be assessed against the government’s strategic objectives and willbe formally appraised in accordance with the STAG (Scottish Transport AppraisalGuidance) process.
- 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 carbon emissions resulted from the operation of rail services on the Glasgow to Edinburgh rail line in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer
Carbon emissions resultingfrom the operation of rail services are not monitored by the Scottish Executiveon a route by route basis. The Scottish Executive does not hold the informationrequested.
- 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 funding package has been considered for 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 costs and funding for such a project will be considered in the wider contextof the above service improvements. The results of this will be reported in Septemberand will be considered as part of the Strategic Transport 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 how it is taking forward the resolution of the Parliament on 27 June 2007 in relation to the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link project.
Answer
Transport Scotland is reviewing project governance issues identified in the Audit Scotland Edinburgh Transport Projects Review Report on the EARL project, as well as investigating more cost effective investments than the EARL scheme. Results will be reported to Parliament in the autumn.
- 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 tenders were received for the 2 km replacement work on the A9 at Helmsdale.
Answer
Five.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 22 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-2836 by John Swinney on 14 August 2007, why it does not plan to introduce legislation to implement its commitment to a local income tax until 2008-09.
Answer
It is my intentionto consult on our proposals for a fairer local tax before we introduce the necessarylegislation. That is why the legislation will not be introduced to Parliament until2008-09.
