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Written Question · S1W-21768 · Session 1

What representations have been made to it, or what inquiries it has made, into the condition of the pavements in Newtonmore during the week…

Answered Asked by Fergus Ewing SNP Lodged 11 Jan 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations have been made to it, or what inquiries it has made, into the condition of the pavements in Newtonmore during the week commencing 30 December 2001; whether the salt content of the grit was a factor in the condition of the pavements, and what action it has taken, and with whom, as a result.

The answer

Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 25 Jan 2002 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

No representations were received by the Scottish Executive concerning the condition of the footways in Newtonmore during the week commencing 30 December 2001.All rock salt used on trunk roads and associated footways complies with British Standard BS 3247 and this material is not considered to be a factor in the condition of the pavements in Newtonmore.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-21768 by reference.