A9 Tomatin to Moy dualling work preparation efforts set to prompt night-time disruption next month, Transport Scotland warns Highland motorists.
Roadworks connected with the future dualling of the A9 south of Moy next year will cause disruption for night-time motorists next month.
Overnight temporary traffic lights are set to be erected on a short section of the stretch of single-carriageway between Moy and Tomatin as contactors begin to carry out “site establishment works” ahead of next year’s construction.
The lights will be erected on Sunday, December 1 and will be in place for one week, running between 7.30pm and 6am each night except the Friday and Saturday.
Construction of the new £308 million dualled section, which will be six miles long and result in an unbroken dual carriageway between the Tore roundabout and Slochd Summit, is expected to begin in the spring. The project is expected to take three years to complete.
Ahead of the temporary traffic lights in December, road users are being advised to approach the area with care and allow extra time for their journeys whilst these site establishment works are undertaken.
“These temporary traffic signals are necessary to ensure road user and road worker safety and to safely manage traffic flows whilst work is undertaken for site establishment,” said a spokesperson for Transport Scotland.
It added that temporary traffic lights “are expected to be required again on the A9 in January and February and further information will be provided on these nearer the time”.
Traffic management measures such as localised verge coning and short priority stop and go systems will continue to be in place on the local road network during dayshift works throughout this period.
Pedestrian access will be maintained at all times. The works are weather dependent and may be cancelled or rescheduled if conditions are not favourable.
