Plea for more spending on North-east transport
Figures show 1% of transport budget spent on region
By David Ewen chief reporter
Published: 05/07/2012
TRANSPORT bosses today launched a major drive for cash – after admitting that the Aberdeen area had lost out on billions of funding.
New figures show that just 1% of money spent on Scotland’s roads and railways has come to the region since 2005.
And of £1.3 billion of projects under way, none are being built here.
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