Question reference: S6W-00170
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 21 May 2021
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish Phase 2 of the Strategic Transport Projects Review 2.
Answer
Due to the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have taken a two phased approach to the second Strategic Transport Projects Review. Phase 1 recommendations, which were published on 3 February 2021, identify short-term investment priorities in line with the five year spending review; to help ‘lock in’ some of the sustainable travel choices observed over the past year and provide a step change in investment which supports the priorities and outcomes of the second National Transport Strategy.
Phase 2, which looks beyond the spending review period, is aligned with National Planning Framework 4 highlighting the critical nature of transport and land use interaction. As such Transport Scotland will complete the review in Autumn this year, thereafter it will be published for formal public consultation.