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Rob Bradley's avatar

Grateful for a succinct synopsis of this most recent aspect of this running sore. Writing from Dunked, where the pressing transport issue is their A9 junction, there is an equal motive to find out how much has been frittered away on peripheral aspects but not actually delivering a concrete solution.

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Andrea's avatar

on wings there was a cartoon of the lovely Lorna suggesting we should un-dual the A9 and use the generated refund to plug the fiscal hole.

(I know... VERY low hanging fruit)

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Rob Bradley's avatar

I appreciate this is moving off topic, but one reason why the dualling delays are being felt along the length is the increase is Invernessian population over the past 20 years & absolute need to use lorries as core supply means rather than train.

Central belt greens seem to prefer the rest of us to revert to cart tracks.

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Andrea's avatar

You couldn't make it up. Fat chance anything good, or at all..., is going to come out of this.

One bit made me laugh, though.

You say: "The public’s confidence in the Scottish Government’s ability to spend their money wisely and effectively is on the line. "

I mean... really? REALLY??

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Stephen Daisley's avatar

I always try to be fair-minded. Even when it’s really, REALLY hard.

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Alan J Hamilton's avatar

Yes, the words 'piss up' and 'brewery' spring to mind!

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Stephen Daisley's avatar

If only they were that competent…

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