These plans are all fine have no issue with them. When exactly will the dualing of the A9 and A96 be complete? A9 at best will be 2025, A96 will be at best 2030. Not exactly seeing the finish line are we?
North of Inverness? No plans. Berriedale braes a very dangerous piece of road, requires £7m to fix worst part date still uncertain. A82? nothing planned. A few pound could offer some minor improvements to these routes, £20-30m would make a huge difference, or if put another way less than 5% of the EGIP programme or 25% of what was spent on the M77 extension.
Simply put these projects need accelerated. To wait another 7 or more years for the A9, or 13 or more years for the A96 is simply too long. These are serious constraints on life in the North. Constrain economic growth potential and represent a further disadvantage to the people who live here.
This is off topic but seriously you need to stop moaning.
The A9 is getting upgraded at a cost of £2.5Bn. Yes it's going to take 7 years to do it all because otherwise there would be roadworks all the way up which would be terrible for the Highland economy. It has to be phased.
Berriedale Braes the delay has been due to objections by a local landowner leading to a public enquiry. It is going ahead though.
A82 the Tarbert - Inverarnan scheme is being designed and is going to cost upwards of £200m, not small change. There have been other improvements on the A82 recently, Crianlarich bypass and the Glencoe bridges.
A96 will not be finished until 2030 but the Inverness - Nairn scheme is going ahead early, including a Nairn bypass.
Aberdeen Bypass and Balmedie - Tipperty are about to.be finished, Laurencekirk junction is planned too.
There really isn't a shortage of road investment in the north of Scotland. Per capita it is getting way more than it's fair share. I personally think that's a good thing to improve connectivity for all but the last thing anyone up north should be doing is moaning about a lack of investment.
