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| Road and rail plan to be unveiled | Road and rail plan to be unveiled |
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| A 10-year investment plan for future road and rail projects is to be outlined by the Scottish Government. | A 10-year investment plan for future road and rail projects is to be outlined by the Scottish Government. |
| The planned new Forth road crossing is expected to dominate, with questions over how the estimated £3.2bn to £4.2bn cost will be met. | The planned new Forth road crossing is expected to dominate, with questions over how the estimated £3.2bn to £4.2bn cost will be met. |
| Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson will set out details for road upgrades, such as the A9 to the Highlands. | Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson will set out details for road upgrades, such as the A9 to the Highlands. |
| Rail plans may include Glasgow's crossrail project and improvements to the Inverness to Aberdeen link. | Rail plans may include Glasgow's crossrail project and improvements to the Inverness to Aberdeen link. |
| Environmental campaigners will also be looking to see how the government intends to deliver on climate promises. | Environmental campaigners will also be looking to see how the government intends to deliver on climate promises. |
| Last week the government published the Scottish Climate Change Bill, which commits it to a 77% reduction in climate change emissions by 2050. | |
| While other sectors of the economy have seen falls in emissions, the transport sector continues to see increases. | While other sectors of the economy have seen falls in emissions, the transport sector continues to see increases. |
| The new crossing will be an acid test for the Scottish Futures Trust, which was supposed to be the SNP's big idea for major projects Andy Kerr MSPLabour Party | |
| Other projects could include improvements to the A96 between Inverness and Aberdeen, high speed rail between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and a cross-Forth ferry. | |
| The findings of a transport review which began in 2006 will be announced in a statement to parliament. | |
| It will not make recommendations for transport projects which the government is already committed to, such as the Borders rail link, the M74 extension and the Aberdeen western by-pass. | |
| Ahead of the statement, Labour called on ministers to explain how they planned to pay for the new Forth road bridge. | |
| Andy Kerr MSP said: "The new crossing will be an acid test for the Scottish Futures Trust, which was supposed to be the SNP's big idea for major projects. Instead, it has been an embarrassing failure. | |
| "The SNP's inability to bring forward a workable model for funding public sector construction projects is Alex Salmond's personal contribution to the unemployment statistics." | |
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| Green MSP Robin Harper said the Scottish Government should be considering alternatives to a new road bridge. | |
| "What about spending it on the rail network so that we can get more people across the bridge," he said. | |
| "What about spending it on a ferry from Kirkcaldy or Burntisland - because this is really about people in cars." | |
| Alan Russell from the Fife Chamber of Commerce said the new crossing was vital and was "one of the main arteries of the Scottish economy". |