transport

Westen Isles SNP MP Angus MacNeil has welcomed the announcement from the Scottish Government that RET will be continuing after the end of the pilot project in March 2011.

SNP representatives from across Strathclyde have written to the Scottish Transport Minister, Stewart Stevenson, seeking his support for the top two positions of SPT to be wrested from the control of the Labour party.

New funding will be made available to help fix damage to roads after this winters unprecedented weather.

Speaking during a debate on the future of the East Coast main line in the House of Commons SNP Business and Enterprise spokesperson Mike Weir MP has sought assurances that the service would not be downgraded following the nationalisation of the operator.

New figures show Scotland is winning the race to provide better bus services.

SNP MSPs have today called for an urgent end to delays over the tram works on Princes St as contractors continue to hold the project to ransom over delays.

SNP Business and Enterprise Spokesman Mike Weir MP has lodged an amendment in the Westminster debate on a third runway for Heathrow. His motion calls for the development of high speed rail between cities in Scotland, England and Wales.

The SNP has today delivered a revolution in Scotland's transport system after announcing plans for a new Forth bridge, the dualling of the A9, improvements to the A82 and a series of rail and road improvements across Scotland.

Calls for a rebate on fuel duty in the Highlands and Islands have been ruled out by the Treasury in a decision described as “madness” by SNP Westminster Transport spokesperson Angus MacNeil MP.

Speaking after the SNP conference supported a topical motion backing a high-speed rail link between London and Scotland to cut short haul flights, Lothians SNP MSP Shirley-Anne Somerville - a member of the Scottish Parliament's Transport Committee - criticised the Tories' plans that such a link would only go as far as Leeds.