Updated December 2024: Due to low temperatures and poor weather conditions, these works have been cancelled and will be rescheduled in 2025. 

• Works to begin Monday 2 December 2024 and will take place over three weeks

• 30mph speed limit to be in place on northbound carriageway while works undertaken

Active travel improvements on the A9 northbound carriageway between Kessock Bridge and North Kessock Junction, for people choosing to walk, wheel or cycle, will be in place from Monday 2 to Friday 20 December.

The project will see BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, widening and improving the surface of a short length of the existing shared-use footway, which forms part of National Cycle Route 1, as well as upgrading the existing safety barrier.

The works will make the footway safer and more accessible and will complement the previous upgrades completed in January 2024.

To ensure the safety of roadworkers and road users, Lane One on the northbound carriageway will be closed between 7 am and 3:30 pm each working day. No work will be carried out over weekends, and all works are due to be completed by Friday 20 December.

A reduced speed limit of 30mph will be in force for the entire duration of the works.

The existing National Cycle Route 1 path adjacent to the A9 northbound will be closed north of the existing bus stop layby for the duration of the project. People walking, wheeling or cycling will be diverted to use the alternative National Cycle Route 1 through North Kessock.

Ian Stewart, BEAR Scotland’s North West Representative said: “These works are part of an ongoing commitment to improve safety, quality, and comfort for people choosing to walk, wheel, or cycle on the A9.

“This phase of the project will see improvements to a short section of footway and upgrading a length of safety barrier. These upgrades will provide a continuous, high-quality route between North Kessock Junction and Kessock Bridge.

“The traffic management is essential to keep roadworkers and road users safe during this project as our teams will be working on the nearside verge. However, we will do all we can to complete the project as quickly and as safely as possible.”

Real time journey information is available from Traffic Scotland at www.traffic.gov.scot or on X at @trafficscotland.

All work is weather dependent and subject to postponement or cancellation in the event of adverse conditions.