- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has ruled out using private finance to pay in any way for a new Forth crossing, whether agreed (a) directly by it or (b) indirectly through the Forth Estuary Transport Authority or any other public authority.
Answer
No decision has beenmade regarding the financing of the replacement crossing.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will know whether dehumidifying the cables on the Forth Road Bridge will slow or halt the cable corrosion.
Answer
The outcome of Forth Estuary Transport Authority鈥檚 work to dehumidify the main suspension cablesis expected by 2011-12.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when its study into strengthening or replacing the cables on the Forth Road Bridge will be completed and when the results will be published.
Answer
The study into strengtheningor replacing the main cables on the Forth Road Bridge is the responsibility of the Forth EstuaryTransport Authority (FETA) who operates and maintains the bridge.
FETA expects the finaltechnical report on this during spring 2008.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether allowing the Forth Estuary Transport Authority to borrow to pay for the construction of a new Forth crossing would require approval from the UK Government.
Answer
I refer the memberto answer to question S3W-5114 on 25 October 2007. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament鈥檚 website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.Scottish Parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when the next update will be given on the progress of efforts to dehumidify the cables on the Forth Road Bridge.
Answer
The Forth EstuaryTransport Authority (FETA) is responsible for the maintenance and operation of theForth Road Bridge.
Providing updateson the progress of the dehumidification works is therefore, a matter for FETA.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what options it is considering for paying for the construction of a new Forth crossing.
Answer
Initial considerationsof potential funding options were set out in Report 3 Chapter 7 and included traditionalgrant funding and private finance options. No decision has been made regarding thefinancing of the replacement crossing.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest update is on efforts to dehumidify the cables on the Forth Road Bridge.
Answer
The operation andmaintenance of the Forth Road Bridge is the responsibility of the Forth EstuaryTransport Authority (FETA).
FETA has stated thatthe installation of dehumidification equipment should be completed in 2009.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 22 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3854 by Stewart Stevenson on 18 September 2007, what the estimated costs would be, at 2006 prices, to convert one of the two proposed bored tunnels from road use to heavy rail use during the lifetime of the new Forth crossing.
Answer
The tunnel optionsunder consideration do not satisfy the gradients required for heavy rail to be incorporated,either during construction or at a later stage. As such, we have not estimated thecosts of converting one of the two bored tunnels from road use to heavy rail duringthe lifetime of the new Forth crossing.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 22 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3854 by Stewart Stevenson on 18 September 2007, what the estimated costs would be, at 2006 prices, to convert one of the two proposed bored tunnels from road use to light rail use during the lifetime of the new Forth crossing.
Answer
Converting one of the two proposed bored tunnels from road to light rail would raise the capacityissue of reducing the crossing to a single lane for general traffic in either direction.
Therefore, no costinghas been produced.
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Adam Ingram on 22 October 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-3561 by Adam Ingram on 5 September 2007, when proposals to increase public awareness of the national Child Protection Line will be discussed with the national working group for this project and with child protection committees.
Answer
Proposals to increasepublic awareness of the national gateway line to local child protection serviceswill be discussed with the Child Protection Line Working Group on 15 November 2007 and with the Chairs of the Child Protection Committeesat their next quarterly meeting on 13 December 2007.
