Perthshire roads have been forced to close due to flooding caused by rising river levels - with major trunk routes also affected. Heavy rain and melting snow combined to cause chaos for drivers in parts of Tayside from Friday into Saturday. And river levels are expected to remain high throughout the day, with further rain forecast.
Plans for dualling of the A96 between Inverness and Nairn have taken a step forward. Cabinet Secretary for Transport Michael Matheson has given the go-ahead for the completion of statutory procedures related to dualling plans. Subject to there being no challenge to the orders for the scheme, survey work and the process of land acquisition will begin.
TEMPORARY road restrictions to allow surfacing work on an Easter Ross stretch of the A9 will affect people living in parts of a town there for almost a month. The planned restrictions will be put in place to allow BEAR Scotland to safely carry out surfacing works on the A9.
News UK Crime Vehicle has been banned from the road, police said Police spotted the culprit, who has not been identified, driving on the A9 near Perth on Wednesday. Officers saw the vehicle was missing a tyre and apprehended the driver, who has subsequently charged with dangerous driving and reported to the public prosecutor.
A man's been charged with dangerous driving after officers spotted him on the A9 near Perth with a missing tyre. Police pulled the driver over yesterday, who's been reported to the Procurator Fiscal Inspector Greg Burns, of Tayside Road Policing Unit, said: "Our officers could not believe it when they saw this vehicle yesterday.
Police said the van was stopped near Perth and the motorist charged with dangerous driving.
The trial of a retired accountant, accused of causing the death of a pensioner friend in a Perthshire crash nearly three years ago, has been postponed for a sixth time and will now not take place until July.
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A Scottish Green MSP has welcomed a review of the A9 dualling project. The Perthshire Advertiser reported last week that Transport Scotland was taking stock of the £3 billion programme to ensure it is delivered as efficiently and effectively as possible.
A 40-year-old man is to be reported to the Procurator Fiscal following a crash on the A9 north of Dingwall. One person was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness following the two-car crash on Saturday afternoon. It happened at the junction for Skiach Services about 2.35pm and resulted in the road being closed for almost three hours.
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Work starts on replacement bridge over Douglas Water Construction of a new £1.7million replacement bridge in Clydesdale will start from today. The old Ponfeigh (Douglas Water) Bridge near Rigside was closed in 2016 and demolished in 2019 after further deterioration in its condition caused by a defective water main.
Etape Caledonia has postponed its 2021 event over fears that necessary road closures could affect access to Pitlochry's Covid-19 vaccination centre. The large-scale cycling event would see competitors pass through the A9 town, where residents are being inoculated against coronavirus at the Atholl Leisure Centre on West Moulin Road.
A young woman from Lieurary near Halkirk posted pictures on social media last week showing her sitting in a monster pothole to highlight its dimensions after her car suffered a double blowout in it.
Location: Inverness-shire Grade: Moderate mountain walk Distance: 6 miles/10km Time: 4 hours THE Pass of Drumochter separates the rounded hills of Carn na Caim and A' Bhuidheanach Bheag from the more distinctive mountains of the Druim Uachdair, the ridge of the upper ground.
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Traffic Scotland this morning issued a warning of high winds for the Kessock Bridge at Inverness as overnight gusts continued. After a night of increasingly strong and swirling blasts across the highlands, a warning was issued at 9.03am for traffic travelling in north and southbound directions: "Road users are advised to use caution crossing the A9 Kessock Bridge due to high winds currently affecting driving conditions."
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Sir, - Nicola Sturgeon admits the "A9 dualling could slip" (Courier, February 11). Well, there is a surprise. Her party came to power in 2007 promising to dual the whole of the A9, along with a whole shopping list of other promises which have never seen the light of day.
Project will provide scour protection around six piers of the bridge. A new £1.3M maintenance project on the A9 Cromarty Bridge is underway which will ensure the bridge remains protected against scour for years to come.