Highland MP's A9 petition aims to close the shutter on average speed cameras
A petition to halt work on the A9 average speed cameras is gaining momentum.
The man behind it is local Lib Dem MP Danny Alexander, who told the Strathy: "Despite a campaign which has drawn support from thousands of people across the Highlands, the SNP Government has started work installing 100 average speed cameras along the A9 between Inverness and Perth. The best way to make the road safer would be the get on and deliver the long promised dualling of the A9."
Due to be completed this summer, the £2.5 million speed camera project has been met with serious misgivings from Highland motorists.
The Highland MP and Chief Secretary to the Treasury has now launched a petition calling for a halt.
It can be found on the Highland Lib Dem website.
He complained: "The SNP are installing these cameras to draw attention away from the lack of progress in dualling the road.
"People who use the road will see greater frustration, and a build up of queues stuck behind HGVs legally limited to 40mph.
"Over the past four years the UK Government has delivered an extra £1.4 billion to the SNP Government for investment in infrastructure in Scotland. The money is there, want is lacking is the drive from the SNP government to get work underway.
"With many accidents caused by poor junctions and frustration, the best way to make the road safer would be to get on and deliver the long promised dualling of the A9."
In Aviemore, Transport Scotland’s A9 Road Safety Group insisted that the record spoke for itself in speed cameras elsewhere saving lives.
Startlingly, the claim was made by the team that through Kincraig each day alone 700 motorists sped through on the A9 at more than 10mph over the speed limit.
