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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-26011

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive on what information Scottish ministers based their consideration of the potential environmental impacts of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Question reference: S3W-26030

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of the legal services provided to it and to Transport Scotland during the public local inquiry into the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Question reference: S3W-26031

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many objectors there were to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Question reference: S3W-26009

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what opportunities were provided for hearing public comment on the Milltimber Brae and Fastlink route for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route during the (a) planning, (b) public consultation and (c) public local inquiry process.

Various consultations have taken place in relation to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route during which the public were invited to provide comment.

During the period when alternative corridors were under consideration, consultation took place with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory bodies, seeking comment in respect of the various alternatives identified, which included the Milltimber Brae corridor and the Fastlink as a component of the Peterculter/Stonehaven corridor.

During the public consultation held in spring 2005, the public were invited to comment in respect of the various alternatives identified, which included the Milltimber Brae corridor and the Fastlink as a component of the Peterculter/Stonehaven corridor.

The publication of draft orders in December 2006 and September 2007 marked the start of formal statutory consultation periods in respect of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. During the statutory consultation periods the public had the opportunity to comment in respect of the proposals, including the opportunity to object to the published scheme should they be so minded.

In terms of the public local inquiry, there was extensive consideration of the Milltimber Brae and Fastlink route for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Question reference: S3W-26012

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what opportunities were provided for hearing environment, landscape and wildlife-related evidence in relation to the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route during the (a) planning, (b) public consultation and (c) public local inquiry process.

Various consultations have taken place in relation to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route during which consultees and the public were invited to provide comment in respect of environmental, landscape and wildlife issues.

Throughout the scheme development process consultation took place with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory bodies, seeking comment on various issues, including inter-alia, environmental, landscape and wildlife.

During the public consultation held in spring 2005 the public were invited to make comment on any issues, including inter-alia, environmental, landscape and wildlife.

The publication of draft orders in December 2006 and September 2007 marked the start of formal statutory consultation periods in respect of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. An Environmental Statement was published at the same time as the draft orders. The public had the opportunity to comment on the published scheme and also on the information contained in the Environmental Statement.

In terms of the public local inquiry, there was extensive consideration of the environmental, landscape and wildlife issues relating to the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Question reference: S3W-25998

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what opportunities were provided for evidence for and against the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route in principle to be presented during the (a) planning, (b) public consultation and (c) public local inquiry process.

In addition to the consultation period following publication of draft orders, opportunities for representation were provided during the planning stages of both Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council''s Local Transport Strategies, during the planning stages of NESTRANS'' Modern Transport System (MTS), and during the public consultation exercise on alternative route corridors carried out in spring 2005.

Details of the public local inquiry into the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, including the remit, can be found on the inquiry website at www.awpr-pli.org.

Question reference: S3W-26037

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what preparatory engineering and construction work has been undertaken towards the delivery of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route and how much it has cost.

Question reference: S3W-26029

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to the taxpayer was of the public local inquiry into the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Question reference: S3W-26000

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what information Scottish ministers provided or made available to (a) objectors and (b) the public relating to the need in principle for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Question reference: S3W-26032

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how many objectors to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route took part in the public local inquiry.