Urgent safety measures call for A9 danger road

Speed limit reduction and traffic lights being considered at junction

- KATHRYN ANDERSON

The Scottish Government is exploring the possibility of installing traffic lights and reducing the speed limit on the as-yet undualled section of the A9 at Dunkeld in a bid to improve safety.

The news comes after a Perth and Kinross councillor wrote to the cabinet secretary for Transport demanding urgent action to improve road safety at this dangerous part of the A9.

While plans for the dualling of the Pass of Birnam to Tay Crossing section - estimated to cost £427-£486 million (as of April 2023) - include a roundabout, work is not expected to begin any time soon.

Transport Scotland this week said it was committed to putting short-term safety measures in place in advance of dualling this section and had already installed solar powered illuminated road studs, new road markings and improved signage at the A9/A822/A923

Safety call Bailie Claire McLaren has called for more measures to be put in place on A9 junction at Dunkeld as plans are announced to potentially install traffic lights

Dunkeld and Inver staggered junction.