The Scottish Executive Road Network Management and Maintenance Division has recommended that a condition be attached to any consent given by South Ayrshire Council that no development shall take place at Coodham Estate until a scheme to close gaps in the central reserve of the A77 between south of the Kilmarnock Bypass and Dutch House Roundabout has been implemented.The previous response recommended a condition requiring the developer to improve the B751/A77 Bogend Toll Junction, together with the closure of existing accesses onto the A77 from Coodham Estate.The latest response was given in the context of my recent announcement of plans to complete the M77 to Fenwick and the desire to upgrade this section of the A77 to near-motorway standard.