Speed survey results heighten call for speed cameras on the A82 at Drumnadrochit on Loch Ness-side
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Updated: 12:00, 16 February 2021
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Traffic speed survey results have âstrengthened the caseâ for speed cameras on the A82 at Drumnadrochit.
A study, that took place in November, revealed two out three drivers were speeding between Borlum Bridge and Lewiston crossroads.
While one in three motorists were speeding along the straight at the Esso filling station.
Veteran road safety campaigner Labour MSP David Stewart â who asked for the surveys to be carried out â has written to Scotlandâs Transport Minister Michael Matheson underlining the need for speed cameras.
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image captionThe preferred option involves the cyan, pink and orange routes
Plans to dual the A96 road between Huntly and Aberdeen need a rethink, an MSP has said.
The preferred route, unveiled in December, is to the south of Inverurie.
North East Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald has called for plans to be reassessed. Transport Scotland said the options had been thoroughly investigated .
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said last week the Scottish government was committed to the upgrade but that doing it by 2030 was now ambitious .
The proposed dual carriageway is more than 22 miles (35km) long.
Route options are close to being finalised, but no planning applications have been submitted or construction contracts agreed.
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