No further improvements will take place at one of the north’s most notorious junctions until traffic lights are introduced at a nearby roundabout. Munlochy junction, which connects the A9 and the B9161 on the Black Isle, has been known as an accident blackspot for years. The stretch of the A9 between North Kessock and Tore is currently the subject of a Transport Scotland study.
It has prompted a couple of improvements. New lighting has been installed and right turns from the B9161 to the A9 have been outlawed. But that move won’t be considered until some issues are fixed further north on the Tore roundabout.
Junction is ‘disaster waiting to happen’ Kate Forbes is the area’s local MSP and has been calling for improved safety measures at Munlochy junction for years. The deputy first minister met representatives from Transport Scotland earlier this week and Ms Forbes was told that it will be revisited once lights are installed at the Tore roundabout. She said: “I wholeheartedly agree that we want to make Munlochy junction as safe as possible.
“Closing the right turn from the B9161 onto the northbound A9 and also the installation of streetlighting have delivered improvements. “Transport Scotland’s longstanding concern with closing the central reservation, is that it will push a significant volume of traffic onto the Tore to Munlochy road, which is not equipped to cope with the potential volumes.” John Stott is the chairman of Knockbain Community Council.
He wa.
