Members Call For A Parliamentary Enquiry Into The Scottish Government Decision To Delay A9 Dualling
11th March 2023
A joint Motion on the A9 was agreed by Members at The Highland Council meeting of 9 March.
The amended joint motion (proposed by Cllr Lobban and seconded by Cllr Aitken) is as follows:
The horrendous spate of accidents and resultant fatalities on the single carriageway sections of the A9 has brought misery to families from across the country and beyond our Council area. Additionally, the failure to upgrade this vital transport link has a huge, negative, economic impact to the economy of the whole Highlands.
As a result this Council deplores the decision of the Scottish Government to delay the dualling of the A9 between Inverness and Perth and asks that the Transport Minister immediately publishes a revised timetable for the completion of the works.
Council agrees with SNP MSP Fergus Ewing that the Scottish Government's failure to dual the A9 by 2025 amounts to "a betrayal of the Highlands," and supports his call for a parliamentary enquiry into the handling of the A9 improvement programme.
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