Transport Scotland

NOTICE OF DETERMINATION

A82 NORTH OF TORLUNDY

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 1.64 kilometres of the A82 Trunk Road, north of Torlundy, Lochaber 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.

J J Moran

A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers

Transport Scotland

Trunk Roads Bus Operations

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

5th September 2013.