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Dualling meaning
The conversion of a road into a dual carriageway
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All supported the dualling of the section of the A96 from Smithton to Auldearn, including the Nairn bypass.
Dualling from Killiecrankie to Glen Garry, and from Glen Garry to Dalwhinnie, are not scheduled to be completed until 2035.
Only today they have announced further delays to the A9 dualling, bringing into question whether this will happen at all.
The Scottish Government has confirmed the cost of dualling the Tomatin to Moy section of the A9 has rocketed from £115 million to £150 million.
The Scottish Greens transport spokesman Mark Ruskell and Highland MSP Ariane Burgess have refused to state whether they are for or against the dualling – saying only that they “accept” some parts of the programme.
Veteran SNP MSP Fergus Ewings says the level of anger prompted by delays to the A9 dualling project has been on a scale he has not seen in three decades in politics.
Campaigner Laura Hansler spoke to the P&J after Nicola Sturgeon appeared before a Holyrood committee probing A9 dualling.
In the 2010s, several junctions along the A582 were upgraded to two lanes on their approaches to tackle bottlenecks – and in preparation for what was then planned to be the dualling of the entire route.
More than 20 fatal crashes have happened on the A9 since 2020, with dualling of the entire route considered vital to improving its safety.
MSPs believe the dualling project can be finished years ahead of schedule and will push Mr Swinney to meet again with industry leaders.
Rishi Sunak, MP for Richmond and Northallerton, and Tim Farron, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, have written to the Prime Minister in an attempt to express the vital nature of the A66 dualling scheme in saving lives of motorists.
Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop said once construction begins on the six-mile stretch, it would not stop ‘until dualling between Perth and Inverness is complete’.
She said: “Now more than ever the Scottish Government must accept that the A90 Ellon onwards is in urgent need of attention and dualling to the Toll of Birness is a necessity.