Whether BEAR Scotland has adequately performed its obligations in respect of the management of the millennium cycle route from Drumochter t…

The trunk road maintenance contracts specify the level of inspection and maintenance required to be undertaken by the operating companies in respect of cycleways. The Scottish Executive believes these requirements to be adequate having due regard to usage and value for money.The contracts require an annual detailed inspection to be carried out on cycleways, with defects recorded from those inspections forming the basis of prioritised planned programmes of work.The performance of all trunk road operators, including BEAR Scotland Ltd, is independently monitored against their contractual obligations by the performance audit group. BEAR Scotland Ltd has managed the Millennium Cycle Route between Drumochter and Dalwhinnie under the terms of the contract.The Scottish Executive has powers to instruct BEAR Scotland Ltd to carry out additional work on cycleways. The Executive has not used and has no plans to use these powers in relation to the cycle route.