Monitoring

Overview

Section 19 of the 2005 Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act requires the Responsible Authority, Transport Scotland, to monitor significant environmental effects arising as a result of the implementation of the plan, programme or strategy. The purpose of the monitoring is to identify any unforeseen adverse effects at this early planning stage and to enable appropriate remedial action to be taken.

There is a wide range of existing monitoring programmes in place at the national and local level to monitor environmental status and assess performance against established environmental indicators, many of which are relevant to the A96 Corridor Review. The final environmental monitoring framework for the A96 Corridor Review will be included in the SEA Post Adoption Statement. This will refer to existing monitoring regimes wherever possible, to avoid any duplication of monitoring.