The M9/A9 Trunk Road (Granish) (Temporary Prohibition on Use of Road and Specified Turns) Order 2023
The Scottish Ministers give notice that they have made the above Order under sections 2(1), 2(2), 4(1) and 16A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, which will have the effect of temporarily prohibiting specified turns and temporary prohibiting traffic on that length of the M9/A9 Edinburgh – Stirling – Thurso Trunk Road from a point 125 metres north of its junction with the A95 Granish – Keith Trunk Road in a southwards direction to a point 200 metres south of the A95 Granish – Keith Trunk Road, a distance of 325 metres or thereby.
The turns specified are:
- All left turns from the southbound M9/A9 Edinburgh – Stirling – Thurso Trunk Road to the A95 Granish – Keith Trunk Road.
- All right turns from the northbound M9/A9 Edinburgh – Stirling – Thurso Trunk Road to the A95 Granish – Keith Trunk Road.
The Order, which is required to facilitate The Thunder in The Glens Rideout 2023 on those lengths of Trunk Roads, will be in operation from the 26th August until the 27th August 2023. It is anticipated that the order will be in force for a period of around 1 hour and will only have effect in relation to such part or parts of the length of road as is indicated by the appropriate traffic signs.
The Order does not apply to vehicles while being used in an emergency for fire brigade, ambulance, police or coastguard purposes, or a vehicle being used for facilitating the holding of the relevant event.
Alternative routes
The alternative routes for traffic during the prohibition will be signposted. Detailed descriptions can also be obtained at BEAR Scotland Limited, BEAR House, Inveralmond Road, Inveralmond Industrial Estate, Perth, PH1 3TW.
For information about roadworks on motorways and trunk roads visit Traffic Scotland
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