[Letter from Alan Brisbane, Contract Manager, Balfour Beatty]
As part of our ongoing commitment to engage with the local community, we are writing to advise you of temporary traffic management being implemented on the A9 trunk road between Tomatin and Moy to allow us to safely undertake further site establishment works.
To ensure the safety of road users and our workforce, overnight traffic signals and a temporary 30mph speed restriction will be implemented for 2 weeks commencing 6 January 2025. The traffic management is required to enable site clearance and site access works to be undertaken. Once in place, the site accesses will have minimal impact on the operation of the A9, with works vehicles using these accesses prohibited from making right turns.
The temporary traffic management will involve overnight traffic signals on the A9 with a temporary speed restriction of 30mph throughout the works area. To minimise traffic disruption, working hours will be between 1930hrs and 0600hrs each night between Sunday night and Friday morning. There will be no works on Friday or Saturday nights.
It is expected that traffic management will be implemented on the A9 commencing on the evening of Monday 06 January 2025 for approximately two weeks.
In addition to these temporary traffic measures, layby 160SB on the southbound A9, located approximately 200m north of Tomatin, will be closed from Monday 06 January 2025. This layby will be used to process and load timber from the felled trees to the north during the site clearance works and will be closed to road users for their safety and the safety of our workforce. The location of the layby to be closed is shown in the image below. This layby is expected to remain closed from January 2025 until the completion of the main works.
These works are weather dependent, and scheduled dates are subject to change.
We would advise that you plan your journey and drive with care on approach to the area between Tomatin and Moy whilst traffic management is in place. Pedestrian access will be maintained at all times.
We recognise that these works may temporarily increase noise levels in the immediate surrounding area. To keep disturbance to a minimum, we will utilise best practice methods of working, for example, using low noise reversing alarms on machinery and briefing staff on the importance of keeping noise levels to a minimum.
All works undertaken are subject to consultation with and approval from the Local Authority and the Local Authority Environmental Services before being implemented. As part of this approvals process, we are required to provide justification to Local Authorities including details of the reasons for working at night, the timing of works and the measures we plan to take to minimise disturbance to our neighbours.
For further information regarding traffic management and live traffic up-dates, please refer to the Traffic Scotland website www.trafficscotland.org and for further project updates, the A9 Dualling website at www.a9dualling.scot
Winter Shutdown
The site will close over the Christmas holiday period between Friday 20 December and Monday 6 January. During this period, all traffic management measures will be removed and be reinstated upon return to work in January. If you need to speak to someone during the winter shutdown period, you can contact the project team 24/7 on 0800 998 7573.
If you have any enquiries regarding these works, you can contact the project’s Community Liaison Officer, Duncan Gardner. You can reach Duncan by email at A9T2M@balfourbeatty.com or by telephone on 0800 998 7573.
