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Conservative MSP Edward Mountain claimed Ms Sturgeon had been “dishonest” about the fact the work would not be completed by 2025.

The former first minister told him: “To say we were just being dishonest I think is not the case.

“If we were guilty of something, at that point it was trying our hardest to find the route to 2025, and perhaps taking too long, we maybe just took too long to accept it wasn’t possible.

“But if that is the case it was for the best of reasons.

“Everybody who has or who knows someone who has lost someone on the A9, my condolences and heart goes out to every single person in that position.

“The dualling of the A9 has been a priority for the Scottish Government, it has encountered significant challenges.

“But I don’t believe it is the case we are sitting here today because Government just didn’t give it enough priority.”

While she said “different decisions might have speeded things up to some extent”, she does not believe there was anything the Government could have done that would have made the 2025 target date achievable.

Ms Sturgeon said there will still be “challenges along the way” with the revised 2035 timetable, but she told MSPs: “That to me looks like a programme that will succeed and I think it is absolutely essential it is given the priority to ensure that it does.”

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