reviewANNUAL REVIEW | 2013 | AITHISG BHLIADHNAIL ROADS and road maintenance p02 RAIL and rail services p04 FERRIES, AVIATION and freight p05 ENVIRONMENT and finance p06 TRAVEL SERVICES and safety p08 ACHIEVEMENTS p11 Cover: FOUNDATION WORKS ON THE FORTH REPLACEMENT CROSSING (Courtesy of Robert McCulloch) WELCOME I am pleased to present the Transport Scotland Annual Review for 2012/13 reporting on some of our significant achievements over this period. Transport is a vital feature of the Scottish Government’s focus on increasing sustainable economic growth and this is recognised with the continued investment of over £1.9 billion in transport projects and services over the year. Transport underpins how Scotland works and performs and through the development of transport projects and policies we support our businesses, communities and services, connecting people across Scotland and beyond. We support the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, and the Minister for Transport and Veterans, Keith Brown MSP, in achieving the Scottish Government’s Purpose. This review will cover a selection of our achievements starting with progress on our roads with the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route moving to procurement and construction phase, and details of the replacement Chartershall bridge, near Stirling. In rail, work continues on electrification of the network and moving with the times, over 50 trains were fitted with Wi-Fi enabling equipment. The first new hybrid vessel, MV Hallaig, was launched and Scottish Canals was established as a self-standing organisation. We continue to support the adoption of electric vehicles and work with stakeholders to decarbonise road transport. As an organisation we have refreshed our Carbon Management Plan with improved targets. Other policy issues we have progressed on include facilitating the introduction of Decriminalised Parking Enforcement, launching our Below David Middleton, Chief Executive (Courtesy of Ambrosius Baanders) Smart Ticketing Delivery Strategy, and publishing our final Ferries Plan as well as our Modern Trust Ports for Scotland guidance document. This year our Road Safety Scotland team also developed a very successful country roads campaign, fronted by David Coulthard. These projects, services and policies deliver real economic benefits to the people and businesses of Scotland and beyond. Later in the year we will publish our Annual Report and Accounts that will include more detailed information of our 2012/13 activities and achievements. David Middleton Chief Executive, Transport Scotland CONTENTS Above Replacement of the Chartershall Bridge across the M9 (© Crown copyright) roads rail ferries, aviation and road maintenance and rail services and freight ABERDEEN WESTERN HIGH LEVEL OUTPUT INTERNATIONAL AIR LINKS PERIPHERAL ROUTE SPECIFICATION p05 p02 p04 MODE SHIFT REVENUE SUPPORT FORTH REPLACEMENT SCOTRAIL FRANCHISE SCHEME CROSSING PROJECT p04 p05 p02 BORDERS RailwaY FINAL FERRIES PLAN 4TH GENERATION (4G) p04 p05 CONTRACTS p03 EDINBURGH – GLASGOW SCOTTISH CANALS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME p05 REST AND BE THANKFUL p04 MODERN TRUST PORTS FOR p03 OTHER SIGNIFICANT SCOTLAND OTHER SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES p05 MILESTONES AND CONTRACTS p04 p03 environment travel services achievements and finance and safety CARBON MANAGEMENT PLAN SMART TICKETING DELIVERY BUSINESS PLANNING p06 STRATEGY p11 E-COSSE PARTNERSHIP p08 ANALYSIS AND PLANNING p06 TRAFFIC SCOTLAND SERVICE p11 SCOTTISH TRANSPORT p08 EMISSION ParTNERSHIP INVESTMENT p11 p06 SPEED LIMITS REVIEW p08 GIVE ME CYCLE SPACE KEY PUBLICLY-FUNDED p06 PUBLIC TRANSPORT TRANSPORT PROJECTS SCOTTISH GREEN BUS FUND p09 p11 p06 ROAD SAFETY TaBLE OF ACHIEVEMENTS FINAnce – PROVISIONAL p09 p12 OUT-TURN 2012/13 p07 01 ROADS and road maintenance Above Intelligent Transport System in operation on the Forth Replacement Crossing (Courtesy of Jacobs Arup Joint Venture) Left Dualling on the A9 (© Crown copyright) In June 2012 Ministers unveiled the programme for the £3 billion dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness with the first section expected to be shovel ready within the life of this Parliament. We welcomed the unanimous Supreme The Forth Replacement Crossing Project a period of years and was beyond repair. The Court ruling in October 2012 that allowed saw the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) works were completed with just three the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route come into operation in December 2012, overnight closures of the M9 and the new (AWPR) to finally move forward to the creating a dedicated bus lane and variable bridge opened to traffic in November 2012. procurement and construction phases of the speed limits which will be used during project. Ground investigation and advance periods of congestion to smooth traffic flow, The £13.2 million contract for A9 Kessock preparatory work started on the ground cut jams and make journey times more Bridge Resurfacing and Barrier Replacement almost immediately. In January 2013 an reliable. Over 7,600 unique suggestions was awarded. These essential repair works Industry day was attended by over 60 UK and were received for naming the new bridge involve replacing the original 31 year old European construction organisations with the winning name to be chosen in surfacing and repairing defects to the steel interested in bidding for the combined summer 2013. deck. The works include state of the art AWPR/Balmedie-Tipperty Non-Profit surfacing materials to provide a more Distribution (NPD) contract. When The £2.2 million replacement of the durable and long lasting surfacing. Phase 1 complete, the combined projects will Chartershall Bridge across the M9 that started in February 2013. provide a significant boost to the economy of links several local communities in the the north east, creating over 14,000 jobs, as Stirling area was completed on time and to Services commenced on 1 April 2013 under well as environmental and road safety budget. The original bridge was extensively two new contracts that will ensure Scotland’s benefits. damaged by a number of bridge strikes over trunk road network continues to be efficiently 02 ROADS and road maintenance Above Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route ground investigation (Image by Raymond Besant) Right Testing of the emergency diversion route at the Rest and Be Thankful (© Chris Watt) managed. Under Transport Scotland’s 4th classes of trunk road traffic. This offline work • the OJEU (Official Journal of the European Generation (4G) contracts BEAR Scotland was carried out while further landslide Union) notice inviting expressions of and Scotland TranServ have taken on mitigation measures were undertaken above interest to tender for the A82 Crianlarich responsibility for provision of maintenance the A83 trunk road itself. Bypass was issued in February 2013 services for the north west and south west • £1.8 million contract to replace Allt The National Roads Maintenance Review units respectively. These contracts will further Chonoglais Bridge at Bridge of Orchy explored how we could work more closely improve the delivery of trunk road started in August 2012 for 52 weeks. The with local authorities and what could be maintenance operations in Scotland, scheme involves an innovative two way learned from international road maintenance including enhanced winter maintenance and temporary bridge, removing the need for practices. The review concluded in July 2012 improved journey information. Procurement is full time traffic signals during the works, and implementation of the 30 initiatives also now underway for the east contracts resulting in no delay or disruption which will commence service on 1 April identified has begun across all of Scotland’s 33 roads authorities. 2014. Significant contracts awarded include: Following closures of the A83 over recent During the year other significant milestones • the £17 million A75 Dunragit Bypass years due to landslides at the Rest and Be include: contract , an emergency diversion route Thankful • the upgraded M9 Junction 1a opened • the £10 million A77 Symington to through the Glen Croe valley in Argyll was in February 2013 as part of the Forth Bogend Toll contract constructed. This work provides an alternative Replacement Crossing, two months ahead • the £9 million A75 Hardgrove contract route should the A83 be closed at the Rest of schedule and Be Thankful due to a landslide. The • the £9.2 million A82 Pulpit Rock existing 4.2 kilometre single track road was • tenders for the £415 million M8 M73 contract improved to allow the route to be used by all M74 Motorway NPD contract got underway in June 2012 03 RAIL and rail services In June 2012 the Scottish Ministers submitted their High Level Output Specification (HLOS) for the period 2014 to 2019 to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR). This £5 billion package of investment secures the economic and social benefits of the ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper franchised services and supports the delivery of a major programme of network enhancements. £140 million will be made available across separate industry funds to improve the capacity and capability of the network. In December 2012, Scottish Ministers In July 2012 details of the Edinburgh – • installing new infrastructure at stations announced that the existing ScotRail Glasgow Improvement Programme and upgrading equipment to enable franchise would continue until March (EGIP) first phase to be taken forward for more rail ticket products to be available 2015, securing substantial benefits