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Question reference: S3W-26036

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what preparatory planning work has been undertaken towards the delivery of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route and how much it has cost.

A range of preparatory work has been undertaken during the development of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. Similar to other trunk road projects this has included scheme development, environmental impact assessment, consultation with statutory and non-statutory bodies, publication of statutory documentation, topographical surveys, ground investigations and acquisition of property by voluntary agreement.

The cost of preparatory work undertaken up to the end of June 2009, including acquisition of property by voluntary agreement, is approximately £80 million.

Question reference: S3W-26015

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route will have on European protected species of wildlife along its route.

Question reference: S3W-26019

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a commitment and reassurance that the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route will not have a negative impact on the Dee Special Area of Conservation and European protected species of wildlife along its route.

Question reference: S3W-26038

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when preparatory engineering and construction work towards the delivery of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route began.

Question reference: S3W-26028

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will build and operate the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route irrespective of the report and recommendations of the public local inquiry.

Question reference: S3W-26046

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive which of the developments that have been granted planning permission within a 10-mile radius of the chosen route for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route are predicated on the building of the proposed new route.

Question reference: S3W-26047

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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.

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.

Question reference: S3W-26000

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what information Scottish ministers provided or made available to (a) objectors and (b) the public relating to the need in principle for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Question reference: S3W-26022

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria were used to decide on the limits of the scope and remit of the public local inquiry into the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Question reference: S3W-25996

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 13 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive on what information Scottish ministers based their decision on the need in principle for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Scottish ministers accepted the need in principle for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route based on the findings of the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) study of alternative transport strategies, carried out by NESTRANS in 2002. The various reports of this study were previously available on Aberdeenshire Council''s website, and the outcomes of this study were documented in the report Delivering a Modern Transport System for North East Scotland, which can be found at http://www.awpr-pli.org/downloads/Documents/Core%20Documents/CD08.PDF.

Scottish ministers confirmed in their statement on transport to Parliament on 27 June 2007 that the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is vital to the north east and that they were committed to its delivery.