Westminster blasted over 139 years of delays to projects, TWICE that of SNP Government

Professor John Robertson OBA

Based entirely on a tragic feed from Scottish Labour as they fall to fourth in the latest opinion poll for the May election, the Record and the Scotsman have a headline that will have some of their readers scratching – ’67 year o’ delays? A thote they SNP had been in less than that, ken!’

So, just to be able to respond, we’ll use the same method for UK Government capital project delays.

Here they are. Note that almost all had a plus sign after the number, so this is conservative and by no means comprehensive:

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  1. Don’t forget about the “temporary” traffic lights at Pulpit Rock that were in place for more than 30 years with the A82, a main route to the west coast constrained to a single‑lane; they were removed when new viaduct and realignment works were completed as part of the A82 Pulpit Rock improvement scheme implemented by the first SNP Scottish Government.

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