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If the planning authority firmly believes that it has the best site, it should try to secure that for implementation; but if it thought that there were alternatives sites, it may well promote them.
The earliest credible starting point of construction is 2011. That gives us the best opportunity of avoiding any wider consequences, although we may not be able to avoid closure of the bridge to heavy goods vehicles in 2013.
That change needs to reflect the moving ball of public policy in different arenas. Legislation might well be the best way of resolving any long-term problems with the interface between, for example, health and care.
We support this and call on the Scottish Government to ensure that a systematic review is undertaken of what has been learnt about how best to support people in and out of work.