EIR/202600517509 · FOI/EIR · partially withheld
Transport Scotland - A77 pothole reports and resurfacing information: EIR release
Information requested
Reports on potholes reported to Amey (both by online forms and phone calls) on the A77 between Cairnryan and Ballantrae from Jan 2026 onwards and also information regarding resurfacing work on that stretch of road from Feb 2026 onwards. It’s specifically relating to the stretch of road between Cairnryan and New Smyrton 2.
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.
Q1. You requested details of potholes reported to Transport Scotland's Operating Company, Amey, (both by online forms and phone calls) on the A77 between Cairnryan and Ballantrae from January 2026 until the date of your request.
A1. Please see Annex A to this response for this information.
Q2. You requested details of any resurfacing work on the Cairnryan and Ballantrae stretch of road from February 2026 onwards. It’s specifically relating to the stretch of road between Cairnryan and New Smyrton 2.
A2. Please see Annex B to this response for details of Kilantringan – Smyrton Resurfacing.
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Detected exemption language
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.