Overview

• Freedom of Information figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives show 321 collisions and 28 deaths on the A9 between Perth and Inverness from 2021 to 2025.
• The Scottish Conservatives have introduced emergency legislation to accelerate the dualling process by expediting environmental impact assessments and involving private firms, aiming for completion by the end of the next parliament.
• Transport Scotland insists on its plan to dual half of the 88-mile route by 2030 and finish by 2035 while advancing preparatory works on key sections.
• The agency has raised its road safety budget to a record £48 million for junction improvements, enhanced road markings and targeted safety campaigns on the A9.
• The original 2011 pledge to complete the dualling by 2025 was pushed back in 2023 to 2035 after cost pressures, Brexit and pandemic delays.