MP calls Hyslop’s A96 stance “an insult”
Scotland’s Transport Secretary has been condemned after refusing an invitation to visit the A96 to discuss funding concerns, claiming her “diary is full”. According to Grampian Online, Gordon and Buchan Conservative MP Harriet Cross wrote to Fiona Hyslop MSP asking to accompany her on a visit along the Aberdeenshire stretch between Inverurie and Huntly to […]
Campaigners press transport secretary Fiona Hyslop for talks over ‘dangerous’ A96/A920 junction
Community figures in Huntly have pushed Scotland’s transport secretary for a meeting about a “dangerous” A96 junction, amid claims a £400,000 safety scheme made “no material difference”. Grampian Online reports that last month Corporal David Thorne of RAF Lossiemouth died in a crash at the site near Tesco, which links the A96 and the A920 Dufftown Road. […]