The A96 passes through large areas of farmland, and the route includes the towns of Nairn, Elgin and Keith. It has long stretches of single carriageway and some shorter dualled road and crawler lanes.

A former minister has described his party’s failure to deliver on its Nairn bypass commitment on time as the “granddaddy of all undelivered… ...

Ministers have renewed their commitment to fully dual the A96 between Aberdeen and Inverness as a consultation showed nearly two-thirds support and bypasses of Elgin and Keith seen as the priorities.

Cabinet Secretary for Transport Fiona Hyslop said: "The position of the Scottish Government has not changed – the current favoured position is to fully dual the A96 and we are already starting the ...

Some of the work needed to completely dual the A96 by 2030 is to be done over the next few years, the Scottish government says. Let us know you agree to data collection on AMP.