Labour MSP reckons Ayrshire's A77 will be overlooked in Scottish Government transport review

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Those longing for improvements to the A77 in Ayrshire are “set to be disappointed” – that's the view of an MSP ahead of the strategic transport projects review 2 (STPR2).Colin Smyth, South Scotland MSP and Scottish Labour’s shadow cabinet secretary for Net Zero, energy & transport & rural affairs, has said he has very low expectations for real improvements being made to the A75 and A77, ahead of the STPR2 publication.Phase 2 recommendations are due to be published tomorrow with a ministerial statement given in the Scottish Parliament.However, the local MSP has expressed his concerns that south-west Scotland will be overlooked.He said: “When the current government published the strategic transport projects review (STPR) in 2008, it pledged to dual the A9 from Perth to Inverness but improvements to the A75 and A77 barely merited a mention.“Those who use these vital trunk roads regularly have been eagerly awaiting the publication of STPR2 for years but if history is anything to go by, we are set to be disappointed.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now on iOS and Android.“The Green-SNP government has already shelved the idea of dualling the A75 and A77 which was included in an initial list of projects in a January 2020 government-instigated transport study for the south-west.