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The Scottish Government and Transport Scotland should be more ambitious in their proposed upgrading of the A9, and the planned works for 2 + 1 overtaking lanes upgrade at Moy and Carrbridge should now be upgraded straight to dual carriageway: that is the demand of Mid-Scotland and Fife Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser.
The Strategic Transport Project Review, which sets out the Scottish Government’s plans for transport infrastructure investment, pledges to upgrade the A9 to dual carriageway.
Commenting, Murdo said:
“Although I welcome the news that the Strategic Transport Project Review identifies the dualling of the A9, the Scottish Government is yet to set any timetable for this work to commence and there is no commitment of budgets.
“The Scottish Government has already committed to upgrade sections of the A9 to 2 + 1 lanes to allow for overtaking. I believe that the amount of time and funds that it will take to upgrade these sections to 2 + 1 lanes, then the Scottish Government should go all in and upgrade these sections straight to dual carriageway. There is no point causing disruption to road users with road works to do it again in a few years down the line on the same stretch of road.
“Road users want to see long term and lasting improvements to the A9. It is clear that 2 + 1 lanes are just a stop gap to full dualling and that is why the SNP Government should be more ambitious and go for dualling instead. I will continue to campaign to see the A9 dualled in its entirety between Perth and Inverness and put pressure on the SNP Government until we see the actual start of the A9 upgrade. The A9 must be one of the priority projects for the SNP Government and I want to see upgrades to the road as soon as possible.”
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