The Scottish Executiveawarded the City of Edinburgh Council £10.5 million from the fifth and final round of thePublic Transport Fund (PTF) in 2002 for its Improving Access to Employment andGrowth Areas public transport programme in the west, north and east of the city.The programme includes theconstruction of a bus link road from the new Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh to Craigmillar.Although the PTF award was given for the whole of the programme, and noprovision has therefore been allocated specifically for the link road element,the Council’s original costing for it was approximately £1.4 million.