EIR/202400407407 · FOI/EIR · partially withheld
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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Detected exemption language
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.
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