We confirmedfunding support of £115 million in 2002 prices, subject to the project meeting thethree remaining funding conditions i.e. (1) assumptions underlining the businesscase must hold, (2) a clear and comprehensive risk management strategy must be developedand delivered and (3) the railway must be integrated with local bus services.On the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardineproject we advised that due to concerns that the project was running late and overbudget we would introduce a simpler project structure to strengthen governance whichwould take the project through to opening in spring 2008 at a cost of £80 millionto £85 million.In respect of theGlasgow Airport Rail Link project Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) andNetwork Rail (NR) are working together to combine the Glasgow Airport Rail Link(GARL) with NR’s Paisley Corridor Renewal (PCR) project.Transport Scotland, SPT and NR will, over the Parliament’s summer recess...