Publication Date: Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Notice Code: 1501
Road Traffic Acts
Transport Scotland
NOTICE OF DETERMINATION
A830 LOCH EILT
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 re-surface 1.241 kilometres or
thereby length of the A830 Fort William – Mallaig Trunk Road at a location approximately 2 kilometres or thereby east of Lochailort
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.
A R T Anderson
A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers
Transport Scotland
Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow G4 0HF.
9 January 2012.
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