- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects construction work to start on the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-21263 on 9 March 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route to be delivered and operational.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S3W-13219 on 30 May 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the expected cost is of the delivery of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route and how it was calculated.
Answer
The current cost estimate for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is in the range £295 million to £395 million. The estimate is based on the risks as currently identified but we will continue to monitor this in light of prevailing tender prices for road contracts. As with all schemes, the cost estimate for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route will be reviewed once the statutory procedures are completed and prior to the commencement of the procurement process.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what developments have been granted planning permission within a 10-mile radius of the chosen route for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
Planning approval is a matter for the respective local authorities.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost per mile has been of building and delivering new trunk roads and motorways over the last 10 years, broken down by road.
Answer
The total scheme cost, at time of completion, per mile of trunk roads and motorways constructed over the last 10 years, broken down by road, is shown in the following table:
| Scheme | Cost Per Mile (£) |
| A1 Bowerhouse to Spott | 4,486,001.65 |
| A1 Howburn-Houndwood | 3,573,807.36 |
| A1 Haddington-Dunbar | 3,725,064.33 |
| A1 Spott-Oswald Dean | 2,161,813.34 |
| A1 Thistly Cross-Bowerhouse | 5,513,187.55 |
| A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass | 12,001,662.17 |
| A68 Soutra Hill | 1,007,587.98 |
| A7 Auchenrivock | 5,446,698.10 |
| A7 Hawick Traffic Relief | 5,346,764.39 |
| A720 Edinburgh City Bypass Phase 1 | 222,932.40 |
| A720 Edinburgh City Bypass Phase 2 | 5,938,813.26 |
| A720 Sheriffhall Interim Improvements | 2,011,683.86 |
| A75 Overtaking Opportunities | 7,316,365.22 |
| A75 The Glen | 1,927,591.45 |
| A76 Glenairlie | 5,186,688.44 |
| A77 Ayr Road Route | 4,735,398.21 |
| A77 Haggstone and Glen App | 17,802,348.75 |
| A78 Ardrossan-Stevenson | 11,234,820.34 |
| A8 Baillieston-Newhouse Maintenance | 5,613,974.75 |
| A82 Base Camp Bridge | 7,321,957.40 |
| A828 Creagan Bridge | 3,072,892.07 |
| A830 Arisaig-Kinsadel | 3,116,359.28 |
| A830 Arisaig-Loch nan Uamh | 5,200,098.00 |
| A830 Rubha Na Magach-Aberarder | 538,877.54 |
| A876 Upper Forth Crossing at Kincardine | 25,932,905.58 |
| A9 Helmsdale-Ord of Caithness | 5,714,126.11 |
| A96 Coachford | 5,104,163.10 |
| A96 Newtongarry-Adamston | 3,241,260.77 |
| A985 Kincardine Eastern Link Road | 12,545,333.38 |
Notes:
1. Trunk road and motorway schemes currently under construction have not been included as final outturn construction costs are not known until scheme completion.
2. Total scheme cost includes all preparation costs, land costs, construction costs and VAT where applicable. It should be noted that land costs are still subject to negotiation following construction of a scheme. Where final outturn land costs have not been established for the schemes listed, estimated outturn land costs have been used.
3. Privately financed projects and junction improvements constructed over the past 10 years have not been included.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the owners of the land on which work is ongoing or underway in preparation for the delivery of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route gave their permission for the work to proceed.
Answer
Yes.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what the purpose is of the work that is ongoing or underway in preparation for the delivery of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
As with other trunk road projects preparation and survey work, which provides essential data required prior to construction work, continues throughout the development of a scheme in order to ensure scheme preparation is kept on schedule in the event Scottish ministers decide to proceed with the scheme following consideration of the public local inquiry reporters report.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what alternatives to the construction of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route were considered by Scottish ministers.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-25996 on 13 August 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what opportunities were provided for evidence for and against the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route in principle to be presented during the (a) planning, (b) public consultation and (c) public local inquiry process.
Answer
In addition to the consultation period following publication of draft orders, opportunities for representation were provided during the planning stages of both Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council''s Local Transport Strategies, during the planning stages of NESTRANS'' Modern Transport System (MTS), and during the public consultation exercise on alternative route corridors carried out in spring 2005.
Details of the public local inquiry into the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, including the remit, can be found on the inquiry website at www.awpr-pli.org.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the level and type of information provided or made available to the public by Scottish ministers on the choice of route for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route were consistent with the requirements of the Aarhus Convention.
Answer
Yes.
