Too slow say Scots
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TRANSPORT ACTION Scot. land, the road user pressure group, has strongly criticised the slow progress in the con• struction of three major road schemes in Scotland. They also urged the Secretary al State for Scotland, George Younger, to order Lothian Regional Council to justify the abolition of its road plans foi Edinburgh.
In a letter to Mr Youngei they hit out at the lack of developments on the PerthAberdeen dual carriageway deplored delays on the Perth Western by-pass and called foi an acceleration of the pro• posed 11-mile extension of th( M74 Glasgow-Carlisle route.
TAS asked Mr Younger tc tell Lothian that its transpori strategy is totally inadequat( for Edinburgh and to insisi that the authority should jus, tify the withdrawal of roac proposals which had beer approved in its structure plan.