Trunk Road and Side Roads Orders

The Scottish Ministers hereby give notice that they have made the following Orders in connection with improving and constructing new lengths of the M9/A9 Edinburgh – Stirling – Thurso Trunk Road between Crubenmore and Kincraig and the A86 Spean Bridge – Kingussie Trunk Road at Kingussie in the County of Inverness-shire:-

  1. The A9 and A86 Trunk Roads (Crubenmore to Kincraig) (Trunking) Order 2024 under sections 5(2) and 75(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (“the Act”) trunking certain lengths of road and authorising construction of a bridge over navigable waters; and
  2. The A9 and A86 Trunk Roads (Crubenmore to Kincraig) (Side Roads) Order 2024 under sections 12(1) and (5) and 70(1) of the Act, improving or stopping up certain lengths of road, constructing new lengths of road, stopping up certain private accesses and providing new private accesses.

The Orders will become operative on 17 January 2025.

A copy of the Orders and of the relevant plans referred to therein may be inspected, free of charge, from 17 January 2025 to 28 February 2025 during normal opening hours at the following locations:-

  • Transport Scotland, 2nd Floor, 36 North Hanover Street, Glasgow, G1 2AD;
  • Badenoch Library, Badenoch Centre, Spey Street, Kingussie, PH21 1EH;
  • The Highland Council Service Point, The Courthouse, High Street, Kingussie, PH21 1HR; and
  • The Highland Council Service Point, Townhouse, Castle Street, Inverness, IV1 1JJ.

Any person aggrieved and who desires to question the validity of the Orders on the grounds that they are not within the powers of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 or that any requirement of that Act has not been complied with, may within 6 weeks of 17 January 2025 make an application to the Court of Session for the suspension of, or the quashing of, the Orders or any provision contained therein. 

L. Shackman
A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers
Transport Scotland
George House
2nd Floor, 36 North Hanover Street
Glasgow G1 2AD

18 December 2024