A8 outside Bogston Rail Station road report: EIR release

Information requested

A copy of "the report that details the condition of the road outside Bogston Train station in Greenock."

Response

As the information you have requested is 'environmental information' for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.

Response to your request

Under the terms of the exception at regulation 10(4)(a) of the EIRs (information not held), Transport Scotland is not required to provide information which it does not have. We do not have the information you have requested because we currently don't hold a specific report that details the condition of the A8 outside Bogston Rail Station, Greenock.

This exception is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying he exception. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exception. While we recognise that there may be some public interest in information about the condition of the A8 outside Bogston Rail Station, clearly we cannot provide information which we do not hold.

However, please see Annex A to this response for an extract from our Operating Company, Amey's, recent inspection records showing road surface defects recorded since 9 May.

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FOI 202200319091 - Information Released - Annex A

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