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Originally Posted by pogofish
The only thing different there is that Hollyrood are now in charge of the project. Which maybe reduces the "big fish in a little tank syndrome" a bit. Which is probably why it has made any progress at all TBH. If the council were still the main authority, I think they would be finding any excuse to shelve it again for another few years.
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No, the reason it's made progress is because the Scottish Executive agreed to fund it in 2003. The council(s) were never the "main authority", they were just trying to convince the government to come up with the cash, but even as recently as the turn of the century the then Transport Minister Sarak Boyack was saying there was "no realistic prospect" of the government funding it:
Scottish Parliament - Official Report