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Mr. Crawford
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what criteria govern the designation of trunk roads in Scotland as oil roads; and what preference is given to their improvement.
Mr. William Ross
To qualify as oil-related, a trunk road must serve an oil development area and its traffic directly, and proposed improvements on such a road have to enable the road to serve this purpose. Oil-related schemes currently carry the highest priority within the Scottish roads programme.