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Question reference: S5W-00515

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 16 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had since May 2011 and with whom to consider the case for a railway halt in the village of Plains.

Transport Scotland met with North Lanarkshire Council and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport to discuss aspirations for a station at Plains in February 2013 and December 2014 and, as a result of these meetings, North Lanarkshire Council agreed to undertake an appraisal in line with Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG).

On 16 February 2016 STAG Part 1 was received from the council. Transport Scotland provided comments on the STAG Part 1 report on 27 May 2016 and the comments are now with the council for consideration.

Question reference: S5W-00519

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish its environmental impact assessment of the M8 upgrade.

Three environmental statements that report the findings of the environmental impact assessments undertaken as part of the statutory processes necessary for developing the M8 M73 M74 motorway improvements projects have been published by the Scottish Government.

These can be accessed on the Transport Scotland website using the following links:

http://www.transport.gov.scot/road/m8m73m74/m8-baillieston-newhouse-environmental-statement (Published March 2006)

http://www.transport.gov.scot/road/m8m73m74/network-upgrades (Published March 2008)

http://www.transport.gov.scot/road/m8m73m74/m74-junction-5-raith-environmental-statement (Published March 2007)

Question reference: S5W-00518

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the impact of the M8 upgrade on the greenbelt.

A number of environmental impact assessments were undertaken as part of the development of the M8 M73 M74 motorway improvements project. The findings of these assessments are described in environmental statements which were published as part of the statutory processes undertaken in developing the project.

These can be accessed on the Transport Scotland website using the following links:

http://www.transport.gov.scot/road/m8m73m74/m8-baillieston-newhouse-environmental-statement

http://www.transport.gov.scot/road/m8m73m74/network-upgrades

http://www.transport.gov.scot/road/m8m73m74/m74-junction-5-raith-environmental-statement

Question reference: S5W-00520

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 15 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a list of the contractors and sub-contractors working on the M8 upgrade.

The contract for the M8 M73 M74 motorway improvements project, including works to upgrade the M8, was awarded to Scottish Roads Partnership (SRP), a consortium employing a construction joint venture of Ferrovial Agroman and Lagan, on 20 February 2014. SRP is the consortium responsible for designing, financing and constructing the new roads as well as operating and maintaining them for 30 years.

The M8 M73 M74 motorway improvements project is currently supporting over 1,000 jobs, with the construction joint venture employing a large number of specialist subcontractors as part of their works. A list of these subcontractors is found in the following table:

SRP also employ Amey to undertake the operation and maintenance of the roads included within the scope of the project.

Subcontractors employed on M8 M73 M74 motorway improvements

Item	Trade	Name of Subcontractor
1	Designers Main Contract	Amey OW Limited
2	Designers Checkers	Roughan and O'Donovan Consulting Engineers
3.1	Road Safety Auditor	Traffic Management and Safety Limited
4.1	Traffic Management Contractor Early Works	Coneworx Ltd
4.2	Traffic Management Contractor Early Works	Class One Traffic Management Ltd
4.3	Traffic Management Contractor Main Works	Lagan Operation and Maintenance Limited
4.4	Traffic Management Contractor Main Works	Class One Traffic Management Ltd
5	Additional Ground Investigation	Causeway Geotech Ltd
6	Additional Mines Investigation	Hydracrat Limited
7.1	Testing	Eurotestconsult UK Limited
7.2	Noise and Vibration Monitoring	Eurotestconsult UK Limited
7.3	Environmental Sampling	Derwentside Environmnetal Testing Service ( DETS )
8	Condition Survey of Adjacent Roads	Pavement Management Services Limited
9	Photography	Whitehouse Studios Limited
10	Site Clearance and Tree Felling	Drew Graham Contracting Ltd
11	Pre-earthworks drainage	Excav8 Limited
12.1	Demolition and removal of street furniture etc.	Excav8 Limited
12.2	Hydro-demolition	Core Cut Ltd
12.3	Gantry Demolition	GCM Services Limited
12.4	Major Bridge Demolitions	George Beattie and Sons Limited
13.1	Steel Bridges	Severfield Limited
13.2	Steel Road Bridges	Tecade S.A.
13.3	Footbridges	Thompsons Project Management Ltd
13.4	Fabrication of S202 and S203 Footbridges	Miller Fabrications Ltd
14	Capping of Mines	Forkers Ltd
15	Earthworks	Excav8 Limited
16.1	Drainage and Service Ducts	FBM Contracts Ltd
16.2	Drainage and Service Ducts	Gallagher Groundworks Ltd
16.3	Drainage and Service Ducts	P and H Plant Hire Ltd
16.4	Drainage and Service Ducts	Gill Excavations UK Limited
16.5	Drainage and Service Ducts	Campbell Contracts Limited
17.1	Structures (in-situ concrete works)	Mc Nally Bros (Monaghan) Limited
17.2	Structures (in-situ concrete works)	Construgomes Engenharia S.A.
17.3	Structures (in-situ concrete works)	Cinterex UK Limited
17.4	Structures (in-situ concrete works)	Sosia UK
17.5	Structures Silane Impregnation	Chemcem Ltd
17.6	Precast Panels at Raith Interchange	Creagh Concrete
17.7	Mechanical Expansion Joints	Ekspan Limited
17.8	Membrane Cover at Raith	Waterseal Limited
18	Structures launch	Mammoet
19.1	Waterproofing	Volker Laser Ltd
19.2	Waterproofing	Stirling Lloyd Construction Limited
19.3	Waterproofing for Raith Interchange	Waterseal Limited
20.1	Fencing	Allison Enterprises Limited
20.2	Fencing	Mulligan Fencing Contracting Limited
21.1	Pavement	Lagan Asphalt (UK) Ltd
21.2	High Friction Surfacing	Trustseal Limited
22.1	Kerbing	Cappers Contracts Ltd
22.2	Kerbing	GGK Contracts (Scotland) Ltd
23.1	Brick Paviours	GGK Contracts (Scotland) Ltd
23.2	Brick Paviours	Cappers Contracts Ltd
24.1	Safety Barriers	Saferoad VRS Ltd
24.2	Safety Barriers	Highway Barrier Solutions Limited
24.3	Safety Barriers	Lagan O and M Limited
25	Crash Cushions	Saferoad VRS Ltd
26.1	Permanent and Temporary Roadmarkings	Markon Ltd
26.2	Permanent and Temporary Roadmarkings	WJ North Limited
26.3	Permanent and Temporary Roadmarkings	Central Traffic Management Limited
26.4	Permanent and Temporary Roadmarkings	Tim Doody Contracting Limited
27.1	Signage	BEAR Scotland Limited
27.2	Signage	Signature Limited
28.1	Public Lighting	Altitude Services Limited
28.2	Public Lighting	Paul Braham and Sons Limited
29.1	Piling	Bauer Technologies Ltd
29.2	Piling	Van Elle Limited
29.3	Piling to S105 abutments and wingwalls	Keller Limited
29.4	Secant Wall iling	Cementation Skanska Limited
29.5	S121 Permanent Steel Sheet Piling	McGrattan Piling and Supplies Ltd
29.6	Pile Trimming and Sawcutting S105	Holemasters Scotland Ltd
29.7	Sheet Piling S125	LB Foundations Limited
29.8	Steel Piling S102	McGrattan Piling and Supplies Ltd
29.9	Pile Trimming at S105	Pile Breaking Systems Ltd
29.10	Steel Piling S204	SPI Appleton Limited
29.11	Deheading Piles at Raith	George Beattie and Sons Limited
30.1	Taascar	Vysionics ITS Ltd
30.2	Journey Time Installation	Vysionics ITS Ltd
31	Raith Dewatering	WJ Groundwater Limited
32	Raith Anchors	Albion Drilling Limited
33.1	Temporary Safety Barrier	Highway Care Limited
33.2	Temporary Safety Barrier	Asset International Limited
33.3	Temporary Safety Barrier	Mabey Hire Limited
33.4	Temporary Safety Barrier (H4a)	Delta Bloc Limited
34	Wireless Network for ITS	Cubic Transportation Systems Limited
35	Soil Nailing	Albion Drilling Limited
36	Overhead Gantries	Ferrovial Servicios
37	Slipform Barrier	Extrudakerb Maltby Engineering Ltd
38.1	Directional Drilling	PBU (UK) Limited
38.2	Directional Drilling	AK Trenchless Ltd
39	Bridge Parapets	Saferoad VRS Ltd
40	Pedestrian Guardrail	Hugh Logan Engineering Limited
41	Masonry Walling	Architectural Conservation Limited
42	Pumping Station at Raith Interchange	Lagan Water Limited
43	Landscaping	William Houston Landscaping
44	ITS	Pegasus Power and Communications Ltd

Question reference: S5W-00517

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government what its policy is on planning applications to build on designated greenbelt.

Scottish Government policy on green belts is set out in Scottish Planning Policy in paragraphs 50-52 and 82. Specifically, paragraph 52 states that local development plans should describe the types and scales of development which would be appropriate in a green belt, and that these may include; development associated with agriculture; woodland and forestry; horticulture; recreational uses that are compatible with an agricultural or natural setting; essential infrastructure; development meeting a national requirement or established need (if no other suitable site is available); and intensification of established uses subject to the new development being of a suitable scale and form. All planning decisions should be made in line with the development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise.

Question reference: S5O-00020

Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2016
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 8 June 2016

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met the chief executive of NHS Lanarkshire and what matters were discussed.