By the end of 2006, our annual budget for transport will reach £1 billion, 70 per cent of which will be targeted on public transport.Our partnership agreement identifies a series of specific transport links that the Executive is determined to support, including airport links for Edinburgh and Glasgow, which have been much and long talked of and are now to be delivered; the Borders rail line and other rail developments; the extension of direct air routes; the completion of the Aberdeen western peripheral road; and work to reduce the cost of lifeline air links within, to and from the Highlands and Islands through the suitable use of public service obligations.To focus on improving delivery in the transport infrastructure and to secure proper co-ordination...