CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “£27bn roads plan in doubt after Shapps overrode official advice” http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: “£27bn roads plan in doubt after Shapps overrode official advice” en Tue, 19 May 2026 07:58:09 +0000 crowriver on "“£27bn roads plan in doubt after Shapps overrode official advice”" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20491#post-346510 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:38:18 +0000 crowriver 346510@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>---</p> <p>Call for rethink over A96 dualling plans between Huntly and Aberdeen</p> <p>Mr Macdonald - who has written to Transport Minister Michael Matheson - believes the current road should be dualled, but said this is not what is being offered. He told BBC Scotland News: "What's actually coming forward is a series of plans all of which are about building new roads, in many cases running in parallel with the existing road. So people are asking why on earth a commitment to upgrade infrastructure has actually transformed into new road building."</p> <p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-56083121" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-56083121</a></p> <p>--- </p> crowriver on "“£27bn roads plan in doubt after Shapps overrode official advice”" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20491#post-346228 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 23:45:33 +0000 crowriver 346228@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone know if TAN are pursuing a similar legal challenge to the Scottish government's massive tarmac laying plans? On much transport policy the SNP seem to be squarely in the same bed as the Tories... </p> gembo on "“£27bn roads plan in doubt after Shapps overrode official advice”" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20491#post-346213 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 20:09:16 +0000 gembo 346213@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>At the Shapps Summit at Shapps Summit? </p> chdot on "“£27bn roads plan in doubt after Shapps overrode official advice”" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20491#post-346211 Thu, 11 Feb 2021 19:38:54 +0000 chdot 346211@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/11/27bn-roads-plan-doubt-shapps-overrode-official-advice" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/11/27bn-roads-plan-doubt-shapps-overrode-official-advice</a> </p>