MSP blasts Forbes for A82 road survey

Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has said that road-users in the region need action from the Scottish Government and not yet more surveys.

The Scottish Conservative MSP made his comments after SNP MSP Kate Forbes announced that she was seeking views on the A82 via an online survey.

Mr Cameron said: "Local people will be bemused to learn that, apparently, they need to respond to yet another survey in order to get some action on the A82.

"We don't need to be told what the problems are with the A82 any more than we do for the A83 which also desperately requires a permanent solution.

"What we do need is for SNP ministers to recognise that after 13 years in power there is an urgent requirement to make good the years of neglect that have led to repeated road closures and constant uncertainty for local residents and businesses.

"Kate Forbes is the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and has the means to take action. She should get on with fixing our roads without further delay."

Ms Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, said: “I receive a lot of correspondence on the A82, and this survey allows people to make their views known in one place.

“There has been progress on the A82, with plans to upgrade the stretch from Tarbet to Inverarnan. This survey doesn’t hinder those plans, so I’m not sure why the Conservatives want to spend their time attacking an inoffensive survey.

“They might be better putting forward policy, than just complaining about everything the SNP does.”

The survey can be found at: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/VJZLKL3

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