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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S3W-26052

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 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.

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.

Question reference: S3W-26051

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 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.

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-26043

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 opportunities were provided during the (a) planning, (b) public consultation and (c) public local inquiry process for hearing evidence relating to carbon impact and impact on greenhouse gas emissions of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

Various consultations have taken place in relation to the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route during which consultees and the public were provided the opportunity to comment on various issues including carbon impact and impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

Throughout the scheme development process consultation took place with a wide range of statutory and non-statutory bodies, seeking comment on various issues, including inter-alia, carbon impact and impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

During the public consultation held in spring 2005 the public were invited to make comment on any issues, including inter-alia, carbon impact and impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

The publication of draft orders in December 2006 and September 2007 marked the start of formal statutory consultation periods in respect of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. An Environmental Statement was published at the same time as the draft orders. The public had the opportunity to comment on the published scheme and also on the information contained in the Environmental Statement which included details on air quality.

In terms of the public local inquiry, there was specific consideration of carbon impact and impact on greenhouse gas emissions relating to 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.

Question reference: S3W-26002

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 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.

Question reference: S3W-26007

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 objectives of the chosen route for the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

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.

Question reference: S3W-25998

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 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.

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.

Question reference: S3W-26040

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 it expects the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route to be delivered and operational.

Question reference: S3W-26037

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 engineering and construction work has been undertaken towards the delivery of the proposed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route and how much it has cost.