Transport Scotland

M80 JUNCTION 9 SB ON-SLIP

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT

DETERMINATION BY THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS UNDER SECTIONS 20A AND 55A OF THE ROADS (SCOTLAND) ACT 1984

THE SCOTTISH MINISTERS hereby give notice that they have determined that their proposal to carry out resurfacing work on the hardshoulder and Lane 2 of the M80 and other improvement works 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)  is 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.

G Reid

A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers

Transport Scotland

Trunk Roads Bus Operations

Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow G4 0HF.

12 February 2013.