Question reference: S3W-01647
- Asked by: Derek Brownlee, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 27 June 2007
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Current status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 24 July 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive which rail projects have been assessed since 1999 and what the benefit to cost ratio was for each.
Answer
The rail projects which havebeen assessed since rail powers were devolved to the Scottish Ministers aredetailed in the following table:
We would not hold the detailof projects assessed before rail powers were devolved.
| Scheme | BCR (£m)
|
| Airdrie – Bathgate | 1.92 |
| Borders Railway | 1.30 |
| Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL) | 2.16 |
| Edinburgh Trams (Newhaven – Edinburgh Airport) (with EARL) (without EARL) |
1.10 1.68 |
| Glasgow Airport Rail Link | 1.28 |
| Larkhall – Milngavie | 0.95 |
| Stirling – Alloa – Kincardine | 1.10 |
| Waverley Station Phase 1 | 2.06 |
| Laurencekirk Station | 1.60 |
| Mossend – Elgin | 2.26 |
| Dunlop Loop | 1.03 |
The benefit cost ratio forLarkhall – Milngavie was calculated over 30 years. Subsequent schemes have beenappraised over 60 years following changes to Scottish Transport AppraisalGuidance and HM Treasury Green Book.