Written Question · S3W-25068 · Session 3
What meetings have been held with (a) MSPs and (b) local people concerning the Forth Replacement Crossing, showing the dates, locations and…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have been held with (a) MSPs and (b) local people concerning the Forth Replacement Crossing, showing the dates, locations and who was invited.
The answer
The ongoing Forth Replacement Crossing Communications Strategy has involved significant and sustained engagement with affected communities, more widely affected or interested stakeholders, and the appropriate elected members.
Community engagement takes place through exhibitions, briefing sessions, group meetings, 1-2-1 meetings, newsletters, the project website and correspondence.
The following table provides details of meetings held with MSPs and local people showing dates, locations and the groups invited since December 2007:
Date
| Location
| Event
16-17 April 2008
| Venues in North and South Queensferry
| Stakeholder briefings: North Queensferry Community Councils, South Queensferry Community Councils, Elected Representatives, Councillors, Community Groups, Business & Economic Bodies
27 May 2008
| Radisson, Royal Mile, Edinburgh
| Briefing for elected members
3 June 2008
| South Queensferry
| Linn Mill Residents Association
5 June 2008
| Scottish Parliament
| 1-2-1 with Mary Mulligan MSP
9 July 2008
| Aberdour
| Aberdour Community Council
1 September 2008
| South Queensferry
| Queensferry District Community Council
11 September 2008
| North Queensferry
| North Queensferry Community Council
4 November 2008
| Rosyth Community Centre
| Rosyth Community Council
8-9 January 2009
| Radisson, Royal Mile, Edinburgh
| Stakeholder briefings: elected representatives, statutory bodies, community councils and non-statutory groups
19-30 January 2009
| North Queensferry, South Queensferry, Dunfermline, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Gyle, Inverkeithing, Kirkcaldy, Kirkliston, Linlithgow, Livingston, Rosyth, Winchburgh
| Public Information Exhibitions:
22 January 2009
| North Queensferry
|
Community engagement takes place through exhibitions, briefing sessions, group meetings, 1-2-1 meetings, newsletters, the project website and correspondence.
The following table provides details of meetings held with MSPs and local people showing dates, locations and the groups invited since December 2007:
Date
| Location
| Event
16-17 April 2008
| Venues in North and South Queensferry
| Stakeholder briefings: North Queensferry Community Councils, South Queensferry Community Councils, Elected Representatives, Councillors, Community Groups, Business & Economic Bodies
27 May 2008
| Radisson, Royal Mile, Edinburgh
| Briefing for elected members
3 June 2008
| South Queensferry
| Linn Mill Residents Association
5 June 2008
| Scottish Parliament
| 1-2-1 with Mary Mulligan MSP
9 July 2008
| Aberdour
| Aberdour Community Council
1 September 2008
| South Queensferry
| Queensferry District Community Council
11 September 2008
| North Queensferry
| North Queensferry Community Council
4 November 2008
| Rosyth Community Centre
| Rosyth Community Council
8-9 January 2009
| Radisson, Royal Mile, Edinburgh
| Stakeholder briefings: elected representatives, statutory bodies, community councils and non-statutory groups
19-30 January 2009
| North Queensferry, South Queensferry, Dunfermline, Edinburgh Central, Edinburgh Gyle, Inverkeithing, Kirkcaldy, Kirkliston, Linlithgow, Livingston, Rosyth, Winchburgh
| Public Information Exhibitions:
22 January 2009
| North Queensferry
|
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-25068 by reference.