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A9 road safety and memorial petition gathers 2600 names within days of launching

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Action, not words, is being demanded by a public campaign to get the A9 dualling moving as the number of lives lost on the road continues to rise.A9 Dual Action Group has been actively pushing for the public to get behind an online petition to the Scottish Parliament.The petition - calling on parliament to urge the Scottish Government to deliver on a 2011 commitment to address safety concerns on the A9 - now has over 2600 signatures in its first week having only gone live on Wednesday November 30.Driving the campaign is Laura Hansler, who was moved to act by the exponential rate of fatalities.When relatives of some of those lost in recent accidents contacted her, she decided to break her silence.

These devastated families do not want their loved ones forgotten and as part of a drive to get dual carriageway put in urgently all the way from Inverness to Perth, relatives would like a memorial to those killed.

The campaigners ask firstly for a revised timetable and detailed plan for dualling each section to be published.Secondly they want evidence the dualling work will be completed by 2025.Thirdly they ask for the memorial to those who have lost their lives in road traffic incidents on the A9.The A9 Dual Action Group previously made contact with Fergus Ewing MSP and Kate Forbes MSP.Now they want to make the work promised for the key Scottish trunk road to be a hot topic that will not be sidestepped by politicians.

The campaigners highlight that in 2011, the Scottish Government pledged as “priority” an ambitious dualling scheme to be completed by 2025, between Perth to Inverness in its entirety.

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