Between the lines: Long-term strategy for transport across the country is essential

IN OPPOSITION, the SNP regularly stressed the disparity in transport infrastructure spending between the Central Belt and the north of Scotland. With some justification – of all the major transport projects given the green light by the previous Scottish Executive, only one is in the north and none at all are in the Highlands.

However, now in government, things have gone quiet on a number of Highland projects, though the transport minister highlights a commitment to dualling the A9 between Perth and Inverness. While the government economic strategy says that it will "accor...