New crossings revealed in A9 dualling project

Perthshire: Road bridges will be built at Loch Faskally and River Tummel

Transport chiefs have taken the wraps off plans for new road bridges at two Highland Perthshire beauty spots.

The crossings at River Tummel and Loch Faskally will be created as part of the £3 billion A9 dualling project.

Locals will get to scrutinise the project when plans go to public consultation in the new year.

Economy secretary Keith Brown announced that draft orders for the four-mile Pitlochry to Killiecrankie stretch had now been published.

Papers show that hundreds of roadside sites will be snapped up using compulsory purchase powers to pave the way for the upgrade. A similar land grab operation is under way for the 13-mile Killiecrankie to Glen Garry stretch.

The consultation on this latest phase of the scheme will run until February.

Mr Brown said: “Having recently published draft orders for the Killiecrankieglen Garry project, we are now able to publish the draft orders for the over four-mile stretch between the popular tourist towns of Pitlochry and Killiecrankie.”

The design will keep the existing A9 River Tummel crossing as a southbound carriageway, while creating a new bow string arch structure for traffic travelling north.

Further north, a new crossing will be built at Loch Faskally for southbound vehicles.

The public can view the plans at consultation events in Pitlochry Town Hall on January 17.

Artist’s impressions of the A9 Pitlochry to Killiecrankie stretch including proposed Loch Faskally crossing (with motorbike) and the River Tummel crossing.