A96

A design contract notice worth up to £50 million for the A96 Dualling programme has been published today. Covering around 29 miles of the western section of the A96 east of Auldearn to east of Fochabers, the contract follows the award earlier this year of a major design contract worth £30m for the

Option C for the Longman junction The emerging findings of a major study looking at a range of options to help tackle congestion, improve accessibility and support future planned development along the A96 in Inverness has recommended that the Longman roundabout should be grade-separated.

Work is due to get under way on a £15.2 million project to dual a major link road and create a 1,000 space park-and-ride site to improve congestion in Aberdeen. The A96 project will begin in the spring, with a new stretch of dual carriageway created between the road and Dyce Drive including a share

New transport minister Derek Mackay was in the north-east today to mark the start of construction work on a notorious bottleneck on the A96 at Inveramsay Bridge. The minister said the new £10 million scheme will bring significant benefits for road users, and reflects the Scottish Government’s det