Part of Portfolio Question Time – in the Scottish Parliament am 2:30 pm ar 6 Chwefror 2025.
Fiona Hyslop
Scottish National Party
2:30,
6 Chwefror 2025
Completion last year of the statutory process for the A96 dualling from Inverness to Nairn, including the Nairn bypass, clears the way for the Scottish ministers to take forward the final stage of the process to acquire the land that is required to construct the scheme, and Transport Scotland is pressing ahead with the procedural steps to make that happen.
It is currently expected that the process to take title to the land will be completed in the coming months. The current estimate of compensation for land to be acquired for the scheme is approximately £12 million.
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