Скачать или смотреть Nicola Sturgeon 'sorry' for not dualling the A9

SNP backbencher and Inverness and Nairn MSP Fergus Ewing told her the failure to complete the road by the 2025 timetable had caused “dismay and concern” in the Highlands, as he called for an apology from the former first minister.

Ms Sturgeon told him: “I am sorry that we won’t dual the A9 by 2025. I regret that and I think people in the Highlands have every right to feel the way they do about that, not just because it was a target that was set and not met, but the nature of the project and the reasons for the commitment to dual the A9 were so serious in terms of safety, and obviously the loss of life on the A9 is a matter of deep regret for everybody.

“I want to be clear though that I do not accept that the failure to meet that target is because we just didn’t bother, and we weren’t trying to meet that target.

“The 2025 target was set, and it was set for the right reasons and we were committed to it.”

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