- 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 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.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26045 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 who decided on the scope and remit of the public local inquiry into the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
The Scottish ministers decided on the scope and remit of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route public local inquiry in accordance with the statutory provisions contained within the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 and The Compulsory Purchase by Public Authorities (Inquiries Procedure) (Scotland) Rules 1998.
- 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 its response is to the complaint by Road Sense, the community campaign against the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, that Scottish ministers may have breached the Aarhus Convention.
Answer
Transport Scotland has responded in detail to the issues Road Sense has raised in their complaint. We believe that Road Sense''s allegation of breach of the requirements of the preamble and various articles of the Aarhus Convention is unfounded.
- 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 alternative engineering solutions, including tunnels, were considered for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route to ensure that the Dee Special Area of Conservation would not be adversely affected.
Answer
Alternative solutions such as tunnels have been considered, both as part of scheme development and where such proposals were submitted by parties objecting to the proposed scheme. Details of these engineering solutions can be found in the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route report on the assessment of alternative proposals and the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route paper on River Dee tunnels. Both of these documents were lodged as inquiry documents and are available from the public local 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 what information Scottish ministers provided or made available to (a) objectors and (b) the public relating to the objectives of the chosen route for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
The objectives for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route are set out in a number of published documents, including those listed below.
Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, Project Development 2005-06 Consolidation Assessment Report:
http://awpr.co.uk/document_archive.asp?command=OpenFolder&folder=&file=Documents+and+Reports.
Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, Environmental Statement 2007:
http://awpr.co.uk/document_archive.asp?command=OpenFolder&folder=Environmental+Statement%5C&file=September+2007.
Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, Interim STAG Report:
http://www.awpr-pli.org/downloads/Documents/Transport%20Scotland%20Documents/TS047.pdf.
- 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 on what information Scottish ministers based their consideration of the potential environmental impacts of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26010 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 the cost was of the legal services provided to it and to Transport Scotland during the public local inquiry into the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
The cost of legal services was approximately £0.9 million.
- 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 criteria Scottish ministers used to decide on the route for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-26001 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 negative impacts the work that is ongoing or underway in preparation for the delivery of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route has had on the surrounding land.
Answer
Impacts on land associated with the ground investigation in relation to the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route are typically limited to disturbances associated with taking access to individual locations for the purpose of carrying out the investigation work. The arrangements for carrying out this work include for making reinstatement of any damage to land that may arise as a consequence of the work.
