Here are the main points of his announcement.

• The new government has inherited transport projects that are "neither sustainable or sensible" and the overall programme has not been prioritised.
• The SNP administration will press ahead to deliver the Airdrie to Bathgate rail scheme by 2010 at an estimated cost of �300-375m.
• There is a funding gap for the Borders railway and its planned opening in December 2011 is not achievable.
• The government expects Scottish Borders and Midlothian councils to "work hard" with developers to close the funding gap.
• The Glasgow Airport rail link will be delayed by about a year.
• A simpler project structure will be brought in to ensure the opening of the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail line, which has "run late and over budget", in Spring 2008 at a cost of �80-85m.
• The government has "no confidence" in the projected timescales for the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link.
• The airport needs an effective public transport link but not a tunnel under the main runway.
• Transport Scotland will report to ministers on alternatives to Edinburgh trams and the airport link by the autumn.
• The government will look at improving bus services in the capital.
• The government is "absolutely determined" to attach the "highest priority" to electrification of the Glasgow to Edinburgh rail line.
• The SNP administration is committed to completion of the motorway network and the extension of the M74, due to be delivered by the end of 2011.
• The M80 Stepps to Haggs road project will be completed under a PPP deal, with the road to be opened in 2011.
• The government gave a commitment to complete the link between the M8 at Baillieston to Newhouse to the "notorious bottleneck" at Raith.
• The Aberdeen western peripheral route is to be delivered by about the end of 2010, after the previous government set an "unrealistic" timetable for completion.
• There will be a consultation on a new Forth road crossing.
• A tunnel remains an option but an expert report has found that the cost would be almost twice that of a bridge, at up to �4.7bn.