Balfour Beatty planning “meet the contractor” sessions for A9 dualling scheme
Balfour Beatty, the contractor responsible for the design and construction of the A9 Dualling: Tomatin to Moy project, is running a programme of ‘Meet the Contractor’ events in November for local residents to learn about the major construction works scheduled to begin in Spring 2025. The sessions will offer local residents the opportunity to meet […]
Kessock Bridge works to take four months longer than planned
Scottish roads contractor BEAR Scotland has announced a new timetable for essential safety improvements on Kessock Bridge on the A9 which crosses the Firth of Beauly, north of Inverness. The project involves structural strengthening within all four steel towers and will also see the installation of new anemometers to measure wind speed and aid bridge […]
Further A9 dualling plans announced
Transport Scotland has published Made Orders for the stretch of the A9 between Killiecrankie and Glen Garry in Perthshire. With the publication of Made Orders, which in Scotland are orders made by the government for various purposes, including establishing the route of new roads, securing land for new roads, and regulating traffic, Cabinet Secretary for […]
A9 improvement project cost rises by more than £100m
The total cost of upgrading a six mile section of the A9 in the Highlands is now expected to run to £308m – £111m more than originally estimated. The BBC has scrutinised a Scottish government report into the improvements between Tomatin and Moy south of Inverness, which is one of six projects to upgrade the […]
A9 stretch works schedule announced
The Scottish Government has announced main construction work will begin next spring to dual the A9 between Tomatin and Moy. The contractor for the project, Balfour Beatty, will start preparatory works later this month including construction of temporary accesses to work areas, erection of boundary fencing, tree removal, installation of welfare units, surveying, and utility […]
Further A9 Dualling developments as ground investigation contract awarded
Further progress on the A9 has been made, with Soil Engineering Geoservices Ltd awarded a ground investigation contract totalling nearly £635k for the Tay Crossing to Ballinluig and Pitlochry to Killiecrankie sections of the A9 Dualling programme. Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop MSP said: “Soil Engineering Geoservices Ltd is a Small & Medium Enterprise […]
A9 Dualling as contractors shortlisted for next section
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport Fiona Hyslop has announced the shortlist of contractors to be invited to the next stage of the procurement process for the fourth section of the A9 Dualling programme, the Tay Crossing to Ballinluig project. The shortlisted contractors who will be invited to bid for the contract to upgrade approximately 5 […]
Balfour Beatty secures £185 million A9 dualling contract from Transport Scotland
Balfour Beatty has announced that it has been awarded a £185 million contract by Transport Scotland to dual the A9 between Tomatin and Moy in the Scottish Highlands, approximately 21 kilometres (13 miles) south of Inverness. As part of the contract, Balfour Beatty will upgrade 9.6 kilometres of single carriageway to dual carriageway, construct four […]
A9: Speeding offences quadruple as ‘inexcusable’ 140 mph recorded
The number of drivers caught by average speed cameras on the A9 quadrupled between 2022 and 2023 hitting a high of 13,322 as the trend for increased speeding seems to be continuing, the BBC is reporting. The average speed cameras were installed back in 2014 for £3 million. In 2021, 3177 motorists were caught over […]
A9: Flash flooding in Inverness sparks accelerated gully cleaning work
Scottish transport chiefs are to bring forward gully cleaning and “investigate the possibility” of further improvements to drains at a notorious flash-flooding spot on the A9. BEAR Scotland made the promise to accelerate its gully cleaning programme after furious motorists hit out at dangerous flooding on the southbound carriageway in Inverness on Sunday morning, says the […]