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Audit Scotland today published a review of the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link and Trams projects.

In response, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth John Swinney said:

"I welcome Audit Scotland's report and I thank Robert Black and his team for the work they have done in such a short space of time.

"The report raises a number of serious concerns about governance and development issues which we would have expected to be in better shape than the Auditor General finds them, particularly in relation to EARL.

"This vindicates my decision to seek further scrutiny of the projects the new government inherited and provides further assessment on which decisions can be made.

"We are assessing the full range of transport projects we have inherited and I want to consider the findings of this report in the context of value for money and affordability.

"I have already committed to come back to parliament to present the outcome of our assessment of the projects and I will do that next Wednesday."

Related Information

http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/audit/index.htm