Minister airs ‘unwavering support’ for A9 dualling after contractor shortlist announced for Tay Crossing to Ballinluig section
“Unwavering commitment” to dualling of the A9 has again been stressed by the Scottish Government after the project reached another milestone.
Transport secretary Fiona Hyslop made her comments after announcing the shortlist of contractors for the fourth section to be dualled between Inverness and Perth.
The fourth section will see around five miles of the road dualled between the Tay Crossing at Perth and Ballinluig.
It follows the announcement last month of the successful bidder for work to dual the third section of the A9 - a six mile stretch of the route between Tomatin and Moy which once complete will result in an unbroken of dualled road all the way from Inverness to the Slochd Summit.
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Announcing the latest developments for the fourth section, Ms Hyslop said: “Today’s announcement demonstrates this Government’s unwavering commitment to progressing our A9 Dualling delivery plan to complete dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness by the end of 2035.
“Shortlisting contractors for the Tay Crossing to Ballinluig project is the next step in the procurement process and we expect to award this contract in summer 2025.
“Today I met with Balfour Beatty, the contractor responsible for construction of the Tomatin to Moy project. I have seen at first-hand the complex nature of the work required to deliver this construction contract.
“When construction gets underway in earnest on this section, it will roll continually until the A9 between Perth and Inverness is fully dualled. The Tay Crossing to Ballinluig project will be the next section to reach construction.
“We are committed to delivering a safe, reliable, resilient and dualled A9 between Perth and Inverness in line with our published delivery plan, which anticipates dualling to be operational by the end of 2035. Whilst the magnitude and complexities of this work are considerable, there will be no let up on progressing the dualling Programme.”
The three contractors on the final shortlist are Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering Ltd, Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd, John Graham Construction Ltd.
Balfour Beatty won the contract for the Tomatin to Moy stretch.
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