Dual The A9

It was an opportunity to make good on the promise made to the people of the Highlands, says region's Labour MSP.

After months of blistering criticism, Fergus Ewing says ‘we have to be ready in life to accept victory’ but he still has questions.

The page showcased a gravestone marking the death of the SNP’s A9 dualling promise by 2025.

The new completion date is still 10 years late, and our scepticism for promises being delivered remains.

Vowing to finish dualling by 2035, he tells the people of the Highlands 'I can give you that promise, that cast iron guarantee'.

Claim: broken promises on A9 dualling mean the public could have little trust in the Scottish Government's latest pronouncement on timescales.

A leading voice in the A9 dualling campaign says complete transparency is needed following today's announcement of new Scottish Government plans.

People from in and around Inverness have shared their thoughts on the announcement

The new A9 dualling deadline is 2035 – according to the Scottish Government's renewed “delivery programme”.

'Nearly half of Inverness-Perth A9 route will be dual carriageway by the end of 2030' says Transport Scotland.

Transport secretary Mairi McAllan is currently delivering a statement on the renewed programme.

Kate Forbes hails ‘good news’ as finance secretary Shona Robison says Highland economy 'needs' the A9 dualling.

The cabinet secretary for transport Mairi McAllan is expected to deliver the ministerial statement to Holyrood.

Civil servants warned the transport secretary in 2018 that '2025 deadline would not be met' if it was privately financed.

Starting in 2012 and ending in February 2023 it charts the lack of progress, secrecy and when it became ‘unachievable’

Campaigner Laura Hansler says the government ‘knew they could never deliver and they refused at every turn to give the electorate the truth.’

Cabinet papers show the earliest completion dates were 2032 for private finance and 2034 for traditional capital finance.

A Holyrood committee says it is clear ministers knew for some time the 2025 dualling deadline would be missed.

Frustrated campaigners slam ‘disrespectful’ Scottish Government ‘prevarication’ after voting down move securing an announcement.

MSP Edward Mountain asked when there would be a statement with Geroge Adam conceding 'details' would emerge 'in the coming days.'