'Danger road' campaign hopeful of way forward

CAMPAIGNERS are hopeful of making progress on efforts to upgrade the A82 road after a high-level meeting this week.

A ten-mile stretch of the A82 between Tarbert and Inverarnan in Argyll has been identified as the key priority in the campaign to make the trunk link between Inverness and Glasgow safer.

An upgrade would see the road widened to six metres and include edge strengthening to accommodate heavy goods vehicles and buses.

The meeting identified the urgent need to commission a route alignment study costing 200,000.

It is hoped that major objections to the proposed improvements can be lifted, which would prevent the need for a public inquiry.

Michael Foxley, leader of Highland Council who chaired the meeting, said: "We had a very good meeting indeed and we have agreed a positive way forward to improve one of the most dangerous roads in Scotland."

He added: "We have identified the tortuous stretch of road between Tarbert and Inverarnan as the priority for action by upgrading the existing line."