As referred to within your letter, the new UK Government through its Autumn Budget has announced that it will fulfil the commitment made by the previous Government to fund initial design work for improvements to the A75 at Springholm and Crocketford with the provision of up to £5 million funding in 2025-26. Following the previous UK Government’s commitment, Transport Scotland officials had progressed a robust procurement process to appoint technical advisors to take forward the initial design and assessment work to consider appropriate options for realigning the A75 trunk road at Springholm and Crocketford.