When it proposes to examine the possibility of establishing a direct ferry link between Anstruther and North Berwick.

The Scottish Executive is currently part-funding a study of fast ferry links on routes between Granton, Rosyth and Burntisland in the context of its involvement with the Forth Transport Infrastructure Partnership. The findings of this study will be available later this year. The ferry study is one element of a wide-ranging consideration by the Partnership of options for cross-Forth travel.The Executive has no plans to investigate the possibility of a direct ferry service between Anstruther and North Berwick.