The transport secretary has been challenged over when work will start on the Glasgow Metro plans.
THE transport secretary has been challenged over when work will start on the Glasgow Metro plans.
Michael Matheson told MSPs at Holyrood that detailed plans had been delayed due to"budget uncertainty".He said the Strategic Transport Projects Review 2 included plans for “mass transit programmes in the biggest city regions” of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.Graham Simpson, Conservative transport spokesperson, told him: “I don’t think there’s a cat in hell’s chance of it ever happening.”Matheson said: “The leadership team, brought together, are already taking that work forward.
He added: “It had been the intention to publish the delivery plan but budget uncertainty has delayed the process.”
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