Question reference: S5W-31888
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 17 September 2020
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Current status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 September 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5T-02387 by Michael Matheson on 15 September 2020 (Official Report, c.7), how much it has spent on repairs and other associated costs on the Rest and Be Thankful (a) in each of the last 10 calendar years and (b) since January 2020, broken down by (i) actual repair and clean-up costs for the A83, (ii) rental, lease or similar access costs for the use of the Old Military Road, (iii) upgrading, maintenance and traffic management and associated costs required for the Old Military Road, (iv) assistance to ferry companies for the provision of additional services, by company and (v) remediation engineering works, including for catch nets, catch pits, wig-wam warning signs, slope erosion protection measures, culverts and similar hydrological control measures.
Answer
The following table contains the amount spent on the A83 Rest and Be Thankful by calendar year from 2013-14 to date.
A legal agreement with the land owner at Glen Croe is in place for use of the Old Military Road. As this is a private legal agreement, the details cannot be disclosed.
No additional funding has been given to ferry companies in relation to the Rest and Be Thankful.
Financial Year | Actual repair and clean-up costs for the A83 | Upgrading, maintenance and traffic management and associated costs required for the Old Military Road | Remediation Engineering Works |
2013-14 | £1,293.60 | £108,648.22 | £2,700,977.25 |
2014-15 | £351,020.91 | £337,296.35 | £610,859.94 |
2015-16 | £527,656.21 | £161,862.68 | £29,549.97 |
2016-17 | £39,129.12 | £389,926.36 | £128,610.12 |
2017-18 | £1,708.38 | £84,065.51 | £770,631.19 |
2018-19 | £1,604,040.86 | £43,357.00 | £1,824,670.09 |
2019-20 | £453,046.48 | £19,778.70 | £516,036.49 |
2020-21 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £139,253.74 |
Total | £2,977,895.56 | £1,144,934.82 | £6,720,588.79 |
Notes:
1. The requested information can only be provided by financial year from 2013-14 onwards (i.e. the current 4G term maintenance contract) due to how these records are stored. From 2010 to April 2013, during the previous 3G term maintenance contract, that data was not stored in that format and as such, annual breakdowns cannot be provided.
2. Costs for financial year 2020-21 are up to the end of July 2020.
3. Repair and clean-up costs: the current landslips from 3 August and 13 September 2020 have not yet been added, as costs are still being calculated.
4. The total investment spent on remediation engineering works at the Rest and Be Thankful includes catch nets, pits, Wig Wag signs, slope erosion protection measures, culverts, hydrological control measures.