Balfour Beatty, Kier and Wills Bros have been shortlisted for the fifth major section of the A9 dualling programme between Pitlochry and Killiecrankie. 

The £205 million (US$269 million) scheme will upgrade 6.4km of single carriageway to dual standard, including nine new bridges. These include a substantial new crossing of the River Tummel alongside the existing Tummel Bridge, a new bridge alongside the existing Clunie Bridge over Loch Faskally, and a new rail bridge over the Highland Mainline Railway.

The Pitlochry-to-Killiecrankie stretch will be the third project delivered under Transport Scotland’s updated NEC4 contract, which includes a carbon reduction fund designed to encourage low-carbon construction practices. The contract is expected to be awarded in autumn 2026, and once this section is finished, nearly half of the A9 route between Perth and Inverness will be dualled — underscoring the Government’s continued commitment to completing this key infrastructure upgrade.