What the total cost will be of upgrading the A830 from Fort William to Mallaig from single to twin track road since the beginning of the pr…

Work on upgrading the A830trunk road started in the late 1970s andhas been completed in many stages. Construction of the final section to beupgraded, from Arisaig to Loch nan Uamh, will begin this summer and is due to becompleted in 2008.
Records of the constructioncosts of the earlier schemes are no longer kept, but for those sections forwhich records are still held, the cost of upgrading the road in 2006 prices isas follows:
Scheme
| Length
(Km)
| Year of
Completion
| Actual
Cost
(£ Million)
| Cost at
2006 Prices
(£ Million)

Mallaig-Kinsadel
| 2.3
| 1988
| 4.8
| 8.6

Polnish-Lochailort
| 1.7
| 1988
| 3.6
| 6.4

Lochan Doilead-Kinsadel (Morar Bypass)
| 3.0
| 1994
| 9.0
| 12.2

Loch nan Uamh-Polnish Bridge
| 3.3
| 1998
| 6.0
| 7.3

Kinsadel-Arisaig
| 7.0
| 2003
| 11.6
| 12.5

Arisaig-Loch nan Uamh
| 7.0
| 2008*
| 19.4*
| 18.4*

Totals
| 54.4
| 65.4

Note:*Estimated costs andcompletion date.
Transport Scotland hasthe operational responsibility for this area and can be contacted for moreinformation if required.