Project Overview

Client

Transport Scotland

Designer / Consultancy

Atkins

Construction Period

October 2015 – December 2017

Budget

£35m

Project Overview

The first project in the crucial A9 Dualling Scheme – Kincraig to Dalraddy involved the design, construction, completion and maintenance of 7.5km dual carriageway trunk road widening through the Cairngorms National Park – an area of ecological and environmental significance.

Key Numbers

  • 7.5km of online dualling of an existing single carriageway to dual carriageway standard
  • 11km of accommodation tracks between 2m and 4m
  • 7km of Non-Motorised User tracks
  • 8 primary bridge structures including 2 road and river bridges
  • 7 secondary bridge structures
  • 15,000m of filter drains
  • 60,497m3 of topsoil strip