Update from Transport Scotland on A9 North Kessock and Tore safety review required, says MSP

A Highlands and Islands MSP, Rhoda Grant, has asked Transport Scotland for an update on the safety study being undertaken on the A9 between North Kessock and Tore.

Rhoda Grant MSP said she believed a report was submitted to the agency on November 30, but to date had not been made aware of its outcome.

Mrs Grant has been raising safety concerns with the Scottish Government since she was contacted by worried constituents who travel the area regularly and last year pressed for the electronic warning signs at the notorious Munlochy junction to be repaired.

The sign was repaired in the summer of last year but Mrs Grant has been advised that the sign is now lying idle again.

Mrs Grant said “Transport Scotland were reviewing the feedback and evidence from the consultation undertaken in the area between North Kessock and Tore and a Case for Change report was due to be submitted to the agency by November 30.

“Previous feedback provided by local constituents resulted in the electronic warning signs at the Munlochy junction being brought back into operation last summer and I have contacted Transport Scotland again today to ask why the sign is no longer in use.

“With traffic levels rising again, and the stretch between Tore and North Kessock being the main route into Inverness from the west and the north Highlands, it is imperative that we make this stretch of road as safe as it can possibly be and I have therefore asked for an update on the electronic signs at the Munlochy junction and an update on the safety study on the route in general,” said Mrs Grant.

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