Written Question · S1W-02332 · Session 1
Whether it is required to authorise PFI/PPP funding arrangements for upgrading the A701, and if so, whether Midlothian Council has applied …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is required to authorise PFI/PPP funding arrangements for upgrading the A701, and if so, whether Midlothian Council has applied for such authorisation, whether it has approved any application, and whether any proposals by Midlothian Council to upgrade the A701 have direct or indirect financial implications for the budget of the Scottish Executive and any future financial allocations made to Midlothian Council for transport projects.
The answer
Midlothian Council originally applied to the Scottish Office for the development of the A701 proposals as a PFI project and £2.5m additional capital consent was awarded from the previous Government's Transport Challenge Fund to help them develop such a specification.Subsequently the Level Playing Field Support earmarked for the A701 project, £2.016 million per annum, was transferred in agreement with the Council to help fund Midlothian's Dalkeith Schools project as part of a Public Private Partnership. The overall funding package for the A701 project is therefore now a matter for the Council but the Transport Challenge Fund award of £2.5 million continues to be advanced to the Council on the agreed phased arrangements. No additional funds will be allocated to the Council for the project.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-02332 by reference.