Build The Bypass

Lack of progress on development of the Nairn Bypass has been dubbed disgraceful by local representatives.

First Minister John Swinney unveiled the Programme for Government which Fergus Ewing says shows dualling has been ‘parked’.

The Transport Secretary will be asked again when a detailed timetable for the dualling of the A96 between Inverness and Nairn will be published.

A timeline for work to dual the A96 section between Inverness and Nairn could be published before the next Scottish Parliament elections.

He confirms that ‘with great sadness’ he is to stand down as SNP MSP at the 2026 Holyrood election but may yet stand as an independent.

So is the party about to shoot itself in the foot and make Inverness and Nairn competitive over the outspoken Highland MSP?

He will also call for the Nairn bypass with the A9 dualling to expedite both projects.

In a Holyrood speech the veteran MSP calls for an ‘entirely new approach’

The Inverness Courier is launching a petition calling for the publication of a timeline for works on the section of the A96 dualling scheme by Easter.

The refusal to provide a timeline on the next stages of the A96 dualling scheme in the next three months is ‘unacceptable’ for a veteran politician.

A statement on the A96 dualling scheme was met with anger by MSPs, prompting accusations of ‘betrayal’ and ‘broken promises’ to Highland communities.

More Highland MSPs have backed our petition asking for a timeline for the Nairn Bypass and A96 dualling to be delivered by the end of 2024.

More than 1000 people have signed a petition calling for a timeline for the Nairn bypass and the dualling of the A96 between Nairn and Inverness.

The Inverness Courier is calling for a timeline for the dualling of the A96 between Inverness and Auldearn - including the Nairn Bypass.

A campaign to push for progress on the much-awaited Nairn Bypass development was the winner of a national journalism award.

An Inverness Courier’s campaign to push for advancement on the A96 dualling and the creation of a bypass for Nairn is up for a national award.

The A96 goes straight through the Highland town causing congestion and pollution that the campaign aims to tackle with a bypass.

Fergus Ewing says ‘the cover-up and secrecy by Transport Scotland and government ministers has gone on for far too long’.

People living and around Nairn shared the real-life experiences of living without a bypass with transport secretary Fiona Hyslop.

Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop was left in no doubt that Nairn needs action now to deal with daily misery and near misses on local roads.