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Transport Scotland criticised for inconsistent project costings

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Andrew Forster
28 June 2013
Borders Railway: optimism bias omitted
Borders Railway: optimism bias omitted

 

Scotland’s public spending watchdog has told Transport Scotland to improve the way it reports cost data for major transport projects.

The recommendation comes in Audit Scotland’s review of five  projects with a combined capital cost of £3.8bn:

• the £1.462bn Forth replacement crossing – this week named the Queensferry Crossing – due for completion in 2016;

• a £745m package of the £653m Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR)...

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