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Transport Cash Hits Roadblock

THE SNP Government has been accused of overlooking Dumfries and Galloway in a new multi-billion pound transport strategy.

The country's biggest and most ambitious transport plan ever - the Scottish Transport Project Review (STPR) - is said to be costing up to £20 billion.

But MP for Dumfries and Galloway Russell Brown said the region could receive as little as £10 million from the budget and called it a missed opportunity for the region.

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