The councils promoting a rail link to Glasgow Airport should get on with delivering it, Economy Secretary Keith Brown has told MSPs.
The transport link is the flagship project being promoted by west of Scotland local authorities as part of the £1.13 billion Glasgow City Deal.
Concerns have been expressed about the business plan for the scheme while Scottish ministers have warned they will not fund any increased costs beyond the money pledged in the deal.
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Glasgow and Renfrewshire councils have urged the Scottish Government to firmly support the project.
Speaking at Holyrood, Mr Brown told MSPs: "The city deal as asked for by the local authorities concerned was to pass over the resources and the powers for the partners to take forward the work themselves, not for the Scottish Government or the UK Government to take forward the projects.
"We are fully supportive of the Glasgow city region deal, we want to see the Glasgow Airport access project succeed.
"Glasgow and Renfrewshire councils lead that project on behalf of the city deal and they have the funding to deliver that.
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"It is important the project team continue their work to produce a robust business case, of course there are assurance frameworks in place both by the UK Government quite rightly and by the Scottish Government, and those assurance frameworks have to be satisfied in relation to any projects.
"Really, it is important, given the fact that as soon as the city deal was announced Glasgow and Renfrewshire councils said this was their first priority, that they get on and deal with that.
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"They've got the resources, they've got the powers, it is up to them to deliver that now."
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