The Scottish Ministers hereby give notice that they have determined that their proposal to carry out a full carriageway realignment on a 850 metre or thereby length of the A76 Trunk Road at Enterkinfoot is –

(a) not a project which falls within Annex I of Council Directive No. 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment as amended by Council Directive No. 97/11/EC and Council Directive No. 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and Council;

(b) a relevant project within the meaning of Sections 20A(9) and 55A(7) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, and falls within Annex II of the said Directive but that having regard to the selection criteria contained in Annex III of the Directive it should not be made subject to an environmental impact assessment in accordance with the Directive,

And accordingly the project does not require the publication of an Environmental Statement.

D Morrison

A member of staff of the Scottish Ministers Transport Scotland, Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow G4 0HF