Motorsport News

Consultati­on soon for closed roads

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The Motor Sports Associatio­n and Scottish Motor Sports have confirmed that a public consultati­on for developing closed-road legislatio­n has taken a step closer.

Motorsport events cannot currently be held in Scotland due to the fact that any such event would suffer insurance difficulti­es under the 1990 closed road act. Therefore a new act needs to be drafted, but before the wording of the act can be created, a 12-week consultati­on period must take place first.

Both the MSA and SMS attended a recent meeting of the Motorsport on Public Roads Advisory Group in Scotland.

England and Wales passed legislatio­n last year which enabled the MSA to grant closed road permits to events, with the approval of the relevant local highway authority.

MSA chairman David Richards said: “This is a further step towards reinstatin­g some iconic motorsport events in Scotland, that have brought so much to their local communitie­s, while providing the potential for new events to join the motorsport calendar in the future.”

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