Question reference: S6W-01934
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 28 July 2021
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Current status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 23 August 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what payments are made to Autolink in relation to the M74, and how these are calculated.
Answer
Contractual monthly payments are made by Transport Scotland to the A74(M) concessionaire Autolink. The payments are based on a shadow toll. Provisional monthly payments are made based on historic traffic numbers using the A74(M) project road. A reconciliation is undertaken at the end of each year to adjust payments for actual traffic recorded. Monthly payments are also reduced to take into any account lane occupations by Autolink. The current provisional monthly payments are approximately £2.73m before VAT.