If there are constructive proposals that would help such an important project to go ahead, I will give them serious consideration. I want to ensure that we get cracking with the project and get construction under way so that it can be completed on schedule for 2007.If we consider the areas of Scotland's road network that are crying out for new investment, it is clear that, as with the other major road project in the west of Scotland that we discussed earlier, the early upgrading of the A8000 in the east of Scotland on the way to the Forth road bridge is vital to the completion of a sensible road network.