SCOTTISH CONSERVATIVES have launched a petition and a website calling
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for urgent action to dual the notorious A9 from Perth to Inverness Hauliers in the region claim frustrated car drivers are causing accidents on the trunk road, which has claimed more than 80 lives since 1999, Deputy Scottish Tory leader Murdo Fraser and Jamie Johnston. the party's candidate for Inverness East,Nairn and Lochaber,launched the website.dualthea9.c.xan.
However. the Scottish Executive has no plans to dual the entire route. It says the work would cost Vi00nrand argues that most of this road has an accident rate below the national average. Instead the Executive is upgrading sections of the route including the accident black spot at Ballinluig junction. where two sliproads will be This will remove the need for vehicles to cross the A9 to reach the village. A 500m stretch will be upgraded to form contin uous dual carriageway.
John Hume, MD of John G Russell Transport, points out that long stretches of the A9 lack overtaking lanes: "I would imagine that normal road users feel frustrated if they are stuck behind an HGV all the way to Inverness and I'm sure this frustration could cause accidents." Hume goes on to suggest that raising the speed limit from 40mph for trucks could also be another option for the A9,adding:"Increasingthe speed limit would not mean additional risks."