Blow to The Inverness Courier s A82 safety campaign By Louise Glen Published: 07:30, 17 January 2021
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A82: Make it Safe
A blow was dealt to the Inverness Courier petition to have the A82 upgraded after the Scottish Government petitions committee decided not to take it forward.
The road is known as the most dangerous in Scotland, the scene of 56 deaths over the last 10 years, yet committee members decided upgrading the road did not merit further discussion as a submission from Transport Scotland detailed 20 ways in which funding or potential funding was already in the pipeline to improve the road.
Forth rail tunnel plan considered technically viable
Tunnelling specialists have welcomed proposals to build a new rail tunnel crossing below the Firth of Forth in Scotland as part of plans put forward by the Scottish Green Party to improve the rail network and deliver on carbon net zero transport promises.
The Rail for All plan, published earlier this week, proposes a 14.5km long twin bore rail tunnel is driven under the Firth of Forth from Abbeyhill to Seafield, between Kinghorn and Kirkcaldy, passing under Leith. The tunnel proposal is claimed to be essential to easing the bottleneck around Edinburgh’s Haymarket Station, which “affects the whole network”.
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