83 Progress Updates

Road surfacing works progressed at pace along the mainline A9 with significant progress noticeable at various locations throughout the site.

A four week virtual exhibition updating local communities, cyclists, equestrians and walkers on the route options for the Aviemore to Carrbridge Non-Motorised User (NMU) Route Study.

By early June 2020, our contractor was able to proceed with planning and pre-start preparations on site, following the Scottish Government’s up-date to the construction sector guidance.

Following the First Minister’s recent announcements, construction work on our major projects is restarting gradually in accordance with the Scottish Government’s route map and construction sector guidance.

The Scottish Government has updated its construction sector guidance to move to Phase 1 of its route map for moving out of lockdown, allowing the construction industry to proceed with planning and pre-start preparations.

Following the Scottish Government announcement at the end of March, our contractor Balfour Beatty implemented a managed shutdown of the site, in line with the Government guidelines including physical distancing.

Following the measures announced by the Scottish Government, we can confirm that we have implemented a managed shutdown of construction work on our new road project sites until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite adverse weather creating challenging working conditions in February, bridge beam lifting operations at Gelly overbridge were successfully completed during two overnight closures of the A9 on 18 and 19 February

Significant progress made in constructing the project