Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01846 · Session 5

Upgrade the A82

Closed Submitted 20 Nov 2020 Transport
Signatures
0
326 online signatures with a country
Comments
44
Considered
1 meeting
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to upgrade the A82.

What the petitioner did first

We have contacted various MSPs, MPs and had discussions with the Scottish Minister for Transport

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 13 Jan 2021
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

326 online signatures
  1. Scotland232 71.2%
  2. United Kingdom90 27.6%
  3. England4 1.2%

Comments

44 comments, oldest first
  1. Andrew Fraser 27 Nov 2020
    This is the wrong approach. Neither A82, nor the A9 (in particular) are high-risk roads. Surely, the petitioners were told that...
  2. Brian Spence 7 Dec 2020
    Worst road in the UK, probably never fix it because traffic couters are used in December giving false figures of how busy the road is.
  3. William James MacLeod 7 Dec 2020
    The A82 is not fit for purpose and has been neglected while other projects get money thrown at them i.e. the A9.
  4. Anna Graham 7 Dec 2020
    As one of the busiest roads in Scotland it need upgrading now.
  5. Rachel Corrigan 7 Dec 2020
    Urgent attention is needed to improve the safety of the A82.
  6. Gillian stansfield 7 Dec 2020
    Needs upgrading in most parts.
  7. Eilidh Edgar 7 Dec 2020
    We live in hope. Upgrade urgently needed.
  8. Stuart Murray 7 Dec 2020
    Decades overdue, absolutely lethal, strangling all our economies, slow and increasing un relable.
  9. Susan beck 7 Dec 2020
    Definitely these roads need done ASAP.
  10. Mark Linfield 7 Dec 2020
    Communities along this vital road have been campaigning for improvements for many years.
  11. Ewen Oliver 7 Dec 2020
    Please debate the A82 as the road urgently needs to be upgraded. It is the main artery from the South to the Highlands. Too many fatal accidents on such a main road.
  12. Andy Donaldson 7 Dec 2020
    The A82 has for too long been sidelined for central belt A9 and A96 concerns despite a litany of broken promises and platitudes aplenty a lot of heartache and grief lies at the door of transport Scotland and the Parliament.
  13. John Stafford 7 Dec 2020
    As someone who travels to Glasow from Fort William every second week the main areas of concern are the section Tarbet to Inverbeg 8 miles and Fort William to Ballahulish Bridge road is too narrow for the amount of HGV vehicles and PSV vehicles using these stretches of road, overtaking is neigh impossible and motorists travelling through business get frustrated by sigh seeing motorists get frustrated.
  14. David Boyle 7 Dec 2020
    I drive to Fort William from Glasgow at least once a fortnight and in my travels I have seen some shocking sights. Tourists driving on the wrong side of the road and just stopping round a bend to take a picture of a mountain is 100% the most dangerous as ridiculous thing I've witnessed. Large lorries and busses often take a wing mirror off other vehicles around the loch lomond area as the road is far too narrow. Campervans and older folk driving at 30-40 miles per hour in a 60 zone can be excruciatingly annoying and cause other drivers to overtake on such a dangerous road. These are very important factors i suggest you should take into account when you decide to "upgrade" the A82.
  15. Stephen MacLeod 7 Dec 2020
    The A82 is not fit for purpose. Sections have been restricted to 50mph, serious accidents are still taking place on these sections. It is time to get this arterial route up to A road standards.
  16. Peter Flanagan 7 Dec 2020
    Iv driven and traveled on this road for 30+ years, the volume of traffic, the increased need for articulated vehicles has unfortunately reduced this road to death trap... Unfit for purpose. Needs upgrading over most parts.
  17. Janet Shepherd 7 Dec 2020
    Upgrade is required urgently especially along Loch Lomond to ensure safety of all users and enable traffic to move freely.
  18. Davie Kerr 8 Dec 2020
    While I appreciate that most of the A82 was built back in the '30s, it hasn't kept up with the size of modern HGV's and buses and is quite simply not fit for purpose in its present form, particularly on the Upper Loch Lomondside stretch between Tarbet and Inverarnan.
  19. Thomas Rooney 8 Dec 2020
    Upgrade is needed, it cost lives, economically the delays cost businesses.
  20. Jenny Lovatt 8 Dec 2020
    Road needs an urgent upgrade. Traffic has quadrupled over the years and has become so dangerous!
  21. Paul Fairlie 10 Dec 2020
    Dangerous road requires major work.
  22. Andrews Garage Recovery Ltd 10 Dec 2020
    Lives and vehicles continuously at heightened risk
  23. Karen Taylor 10 Dec 2020
    Appalling standard for a trunk road endangering lives.
  24. Angus Nicolson 11 Dec 2020
    High time the North West saw some serious investment to make the A82 safe and fit for purpose.
  25. Peter Brock 25 Dec 2020
    A 19th century road in the 21st century.
  26. Colin Macdonald 25 Dec 2020
    A82 road users lives matter as well, substandard A class road needs investment and improvement.
  27. Gordon Macrae 25 Dec 2020
    The A82 gets busier year after year, the government needs to step up investment on this route not only to reduce the number of accidents but to also stimulate growth in the local communities.
  28. Stuart Riseley 26 Dec 2020
    We drove the road after a year earlier and couldn't believe the deteriorating conditions, to say this is a major route into beautiful Scotland is a disgrace. The Scottish Government should be ashamed.
  29. Jo Hardie 26 Dec 2020
    Even as someone who only uses this route a couple of times a year, it's clear the road is not suitable for the amount and type of traffic that use it.
  30. Gerry MacLeod 26 Dec 2020
    The state of the A82 is appalling for a trunk road and should be thoroughly addressed by implementing the improvements and safety measures required.
  31. Iain Murdison 26 Dec 2020
    This road has long been forgotten and is in serious need of repair or replacement, in a lot of areas two large vehicles can't pass each other safely without losing a mirror or worse and the amount of cars that take major risks passing lorries and buses is now beyond belief as a local who uses this road a lot, I am terrified of tourist season as the road is shown as a major road on all maps but honestly it is not.
  32. Brian Swinbanks 27 Dec 2020
    The so called A82 is our artery to the Ports to all the islands off the west coast of Scotland. The A82 is still an1850 cart tract with overlaid Tarmac. This road, this route, should be Scotland's number one priority. We must complete the left hand upstroke of 'H' for Highway. All other strokes of this graphic font when overlaid on the map of Scotland have been upgraded or are already motorways.
  33. Susan Metcalfe 27 Dec 2020
    There are too many accidents in this road from Curran ferry to Fort William.
  34. Neil Mackay 27 Dec 2020
    A class road, more like a b class. Shame on the Scottish govt.
  35. Paula McAteer 29 Dec 2020
    No one else should go through what Samantha and her family have endured, the road needs sorting now not later!!
  36. Alistair MacDonald 29 Dec 2020
    I was a delivery driver for a garage in Inverness and travelled on the A82 very often. It is definitely in poor condition and needs major repairs. It could do with some overtaking lanes.
  37. stephen young 30 Dec 2020
    This road is dangerous to all and should be upgraded as soon as possible.
  38. Debbie Niven 2 Jan 2021
    Having travelled recently in the dark on the A82, the areas with the brighter cats eyes are fantastic, they make a massive difference and need to be used on the whole stretch of the road. Also the road sides in many places need firming up and strengthening as you would easily lose control if you needed to take avoiding action, some of the big lorries take up more than their side of the road on narrow stretches.
  39. Evelyn Campbell 3 Jan 2021
    I live on the isle of Skye and regularly use the A82. Myself and my husband were recently driving home from Fort William when through no fault of our own we were nearly involved in a road traffic collision. A motorcycle overtook approaching a corner on the hill going up Invergarry forcing us to brake sharply.
  40. Trevor pocock 3 Jan 2021
    I lost my brother in a car accident on the A82.
  41. Archie Adams 3 Jan 2021
    The A82 and A87 require serious upgrading. Having been involved in Road Safety for over 30 years in the south of England, the roads are not fit for purpose. Yet Holyrood can find money for lots of different projects, but not for one of the major trunk roads in our country, which has an appalling rate of collisions, injuries and fatalities.
  42. Kate Gorham 3 Jan 2021
    The A82 is the main artery serving the West Coast of Scotland. It is an essential road and as such should be given that recognition and made safe for travel. The accident statistics are high on this road. How many deaths before it is upgraded? Our link to the rest of the U.K. is via this road. Our supplies come by this road. There is a high volume of HGVs use this road both for serving our community with supplies and for taking produce from us to market including overseas market. Something which you as Politicians are keen to promote, it seems, is tourism. Do you think it is fit for the increased volume of traffic tourism brings. I do not. Make the right decision. Upgrade the A82, to a standard to be proud of. Let's remember it was a Scottish Engineer who invented the road surface, don't let him down.
  43. Margaret Laidlaw 3 Jan 2021
    The A82 is not fit for purpose, we seem to have money to spend in and around all our Scottish cities while the A82 is forgotten.
  44. Avril Cameron 5 Jan 2021
    Have experienced tailgating on this road travelling towards Inverness.