Is APD definitely going to be devolved?
There's a lot of assumption that the Scottish Executive would scrap APD, but it is by no means a forgone conclusion.
No - but heavily trailed and SNP have said if given the powers they will use them.
Also, the dualling is only as far as Ellington. Ellington-Edinburgh remains single carriageway.
Never let the facts get in the way of an argument (and where's Ellington?)
Petrol prices would wipe out the savings. Also there's the aggravation.
People are already looking at EDI as well as MAN etc - anecdotally, 4 out of my Newcastle based team on 9 have used EDI for family holidays in then last 18 months (2 used MAN)