Times A82 has been closed between Fort Augustus and Inverness due to weather or incidents: EIR release

Information requested

Can you advise the number of times the A82 has been closed between Fort Augustus and Inverness in the past 12 months due to RTA's; landslide; flooding or other unexpected events ?

Dates would be very helpful. If possible could you also confirm the figures for the preceding 12 months. If you are unable to provide this information can you advise who would keep these details?"

Response

As the information you have requested is 'environmental information' for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.

Please see the following tables for details of closures that Transport Scotland hold in relation to closures of the A82 trunk road between Fort Augustus and Inverness for the time frames requested.

Please note we have interpreted 'closures' to mean full carriageway closures (full closure in one direction) and full road closures (full carriageway closures in both directions).

Date range - 03/04/2022-03/04/2023
Incident Start	Road	Location	Incident Type
17/08/2022  17:25hrs	A82	Lochend	Road Traffic Collision
18/09/2022 20:00hrs	A82	North of Drumnadrochit	Road Traffic Collision
28/01/2023 15:00hrs	A82	Dochgarroch	Road Traffic Collision
17/03/2023 08:35hrs	A82	Fort Augustus	Road Traffic Collision

 

Date range - 03/04/2023-03/04/2024
Incident Start	Road	Location	Incident Type
17/04/2023 16:40hrs	A82	Altsigh	Road Traffic Collision
28/04/2023 07:09hrs	A82	Fort Augustus	Road Traffic Collision
30/04/2023 21:20hrs	A82	Fort Augustus	Road Traffic Collision
01/05/2023 09:35hrs	A82	Urquhart Castle	Road Traffic Collision
07/10/2023 12:00hrs	A82	Sth of Invermoriston	Tree on road
05/02/2024 09:15hrs	A82	Bachraggan to Alltsigh	Mud and debris
01/04/2024 13:45hrs	A82	Point Clair sth of Invermoriston	Road Traffic Collision

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