- Project title
- Trunk Road Improvements A82/A830
- Theme
- A Connected Place
- Status
- Planning, design or preparatory work in progress
- Last updated
- July 2026
- Progress
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The key recommendation for Fort William in the Scottish Government's 2019 Strategic Transport Projects Review 2 was the development of an Integrated Transport Plan (ITP) to look at solutions to address challenges with the trunk road network (encompassing the A82 and A830) and improve travel and transport in general in the town.
In 2025, AECOM and Stantec were commissioned by HITRANS to produce the ITP and a Client Delivery Group comprising HITRANS, Transport Scotland, Highland Council including FW2040, and Highlands and Islands Enterprise are now overseeing the work.
To date, the work being carried out by AECOM/Stantec has covered:
- a refresh and revalidation of previous studies, transport problems, study transport objectives, and a review of options being considered for appraisal
- data review and data collection including calibration of a transport model
- stakeholder consultation and community engagement.
Options being considered look at road, rail, bus, active travel, and water and these will be appraised against the objectives of the study which include:
- reducing travel time delay and variability
- improving the resilience of the network
- increasing modal shift and integration
- reducing severance
- supporting sustainable economic growth
During 2026 a programme of initial public engagement and stakeholder consultation has been completed (January - April 2026). The full engagement report and a project storyboard are available to view online. Detailed appraisal of transport and travel options has begun utilising an updated traffic model which was developed with data from primary surveys undertaken last year.
The ITP is scheduled for completion by December 2026. You can contact the project team at anytime using the address - FortWilliamITP@aecom.com
- Manager
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Vikki Trelfer, HITRANS Active Travel Team Leader
- Further information
