Dual The A9

"We understand the immensity of the programme, but what matters is that we don’t have a safe road yet and we were promised one," says the SNP MP.

Retired engineer George Rennie says 'to see progress we should be requiring that a program management office is established in Inverness'

Màiri McAllan admits the current situation is 'not fit for purpose' but refuses to give any hint of a new dualling deadline.

We want to immediate safety improvements and dualling delivery dates

The broken A9 dualling promise was put back in the spotlight as part of The Inverness Courier's ongoing campaign. Watch the full event here.

Highland Council convener delivers blunt message to transport secretary Màiri McAllan

You wonder: 'Is my partner home? Is my son home?'

Roadside facilities including toilets and better lighting at junctions amongst summit suggestions

Colin Marr provided a summary of the problems facing business sectors due to the Scottish Government's broken promise to dual the A9 by 2025.

Highlands MSP urges First Minister to deliver on his cast-iron promise to dual A9

People from across the region attended The Inverness Courier A9 Crisis Summit, yesterday.

Mairi McAllan was applauded for her stance as she admits 'as I said in my opening remarks, I hate junctions.'

The MSP added ‘I can only say that my shame is that we haven't made more progress.’

The cabinet secretary has vowed to 'to work on contract terms' to make it more favourable for future procurements on the dualling of the A9.

She adds that 'anyone who doesn’t feel safe when driving the route – I am with you on that.'

At the Inverness Courier A9 Crisis Summit he said without progress then 'frankly, I don’t think we deserve to continue to be in government.'

The Inverness-Perth stretch is in the spotlight ahead of today's A9 Crisis Summit.

As the longest road in Scotland, the A9 is our nation’s backbone

Let's take a look at what he said...

Full list of speakers attending the event to discuss delayed dualling project and safety measures.