§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to receive the Strathclyde university study monitoring the wind levels over the newly
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Scottish Tourist Board Name Occupation Annual Remuneration £ Chairman Ian Grant CBE FRAgs Farmer 34,510 constructed Cockburnspath bypass; and if he will make it his policy to publish the results when they are known in full.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 10 May 1993]: The report of the Strathclyde university study of wind speeds on the new Cockburnspath bypass is expected to be submitted by the end of this year. The results will be made public.
§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has for diversion of vehicles from the route of the newly constructed Cockburnspath bypass during abnormally high wind conditions; and what alternative roads would be used in any such diversion.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 10 May 1993]: In common with other exposed section of trunk road, the embankment section of the new Cockburnspath bypass now has signs warning drivers of high-sided vehicles of the danger of crosswinds. A comparative study of the pattern of wind speeds and directions at this location and the nearby section of A1 at Thorntonloch is being undertaken by Strathclyde university and the results will determine a strategy for the use of automatically triggered diversion signs. In the event of their use, the diversion route will be along the former trunk road through Cockburnspath.