Scotland

Seems incredible to think this given how slow they are moving currently. Like seriously, for senior leaders to say this actually exposes their incompetence. Road building is definitely something that can be accelerated, there are few bottlenecks or things that won't scale. What critical path items can they not run in parallel?

Lawrence Shackman looks to be lead engineer on this according to https://www.transport.gov.scot/about/senior-management-team/ and he helped deliver the Queensferry crossing on time and budget. So he's no stranger to these sort of items. Fergus Ewing has this right - it's a sham