Cairngorms Nation­al Park Author­ity Ugh­dar­ras Pàirc Nàiseanta a’ Mhon­aidh Ruaidh

Item 5 Appendix 4b 28 August 2026 Page 1 of 8

Agenda item 5

Appendix 4b

2025/0109/DET

Rep­res­ent­a­tions — support

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Emma Green­lees

From: emma norton Sent: 09 June 2025 17:47 To: Plan­ning Sub­ject: Pub­lic Access issues Cat­egor­ies: Comments

We would like to sup­port the pro­vi­sion of the NMU from Car­rbridge to Aviemore with the sec­tion from Car­rbridge to Kin­veachy along the B9153 to be con­struc­ted as a top pri­or­ity. We reg­u­larly cycle this road and it is hor­rendous. Vehicles travel at 60 mph plus and it is very fright­en­ing espe­cially because of the bends and blind corners.

We have wit­nessed sev­er­al near misses both while on our bikes and driv­ing with oncom­ing vehicles try­ing to over take cyc­lists. We live in Car­rbridge and have a young child. We want to be able to safely cycle with them through to Boat of Garten and Aviemore. At the moment we are too scared to even think about cyc­ling with a child along this road and find it very con­cern­ing when we see vis­it­ing tour­ist fam­il­ies, includ­ing some less com­pet­ent cyc­lists, rid­ing along with the false sense of secur­ity in believ­ing they are head­ing along what is a lis­ted as a rel­at­ively safe Sus­trans Route 7 cycle route. We hope that this NMU can be approved and work can be com­pleted as soon as pos­sible with con­sutrc­tion to start on the short sec­tion from Car­rbridge to Kin­veachy junc­tion so as we can cycle off road through to Boat of Garten and onto the Spey­side Way.

Thank you, Emma Norton

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Emma Green­lees

From: L Duncan Sent: 04 June 2025 21:39 To: Plan­ning Sub­ject: 2025/0109/DET | Form­a­tion of 3m wide 9km long segreg­ated NMU route/​path ACN­MU — Sup­port Cat­egor­ies: Emma G, Comments

I am writ­ing in sup­port of the plan­ning applic­a­tion for the ACN­MU. 2025/0109/DET | Form­a­tion of 3m wide 9km long segreg­ated NMU route/​path ACNMU

This is a long over­due route, par­tic­u­larly for the res­id­ents of Car­rbridge who cur­rently have no safe means of leav­ing the vil­lage to travel to neigh­bour­ing com­munit­ies by foot/​wheel/​horse.

A petiton of 187 names in sup­port of the ACN­MU and in par­tic­u­lar for hav­ing the sec­tion between Car­rbridge and Kin­veachy junc­tion star­ted as soon as pos­sible in advance of the remain­ing sec­tion was sub­mit­ted to Cab­in­et Sec­ret­ary for Trans­port, Fiona Hyslop in late 2024 show­ing how strong the sup­port for this is in the community.

The B9153 from Car­rbridge to Kin­veachy is a wind­ing road and totally unsuit­able for cyc­lists, has no safe verge for walk­ers and is unsuit­able for horses. The speed and level of traffic make it incred­ibly dan­ger­ous for any of these users and it is also a risk to the drivers. There has been a not­ic­able increase in cyc­lists since Hitrans & Sus­trans advert­ise the B9153 Car­rbridge to Kin­veachy as part of their cycle networks.

Car­rbridge is home to Land­mark, one of the largest tour­ist attrac­tions in the area which has well over 160,000 vis­it­ors per year the major­ity of whom travel by road to the attrac­tion many using the B9153 includ­ing coachloads.

The B9153 is also used as a diver­sion for road traffic dur­ing any acci­dent or road works on the A9 and this will more than likely increase when works start on the dualling which is why it is imper­at­ive that the Car­rbridge to Kin­veachy sec­tion is com­pleted as soon as pos­sible well in advance of any dualling works.

There is no tie in to the A9 dualling for drain­age etc on the pro­posed NMU sec­tion between Car­rbridge and Kin­veachy and as such it would be pos­sible for this sec­tion to be com­pleted in advance. Many parts of the Spey­side way have been done bit by bit so doing the ACN­MU in phases would be fol­low­ing this format rather than set­ting a precedent.

There is wide­spread sup­port both from the com­munity of Car­rbridge, from vis­it­ors to the area and from people from the sur­round­ing com­munit­ies for this NMU to be com­pleted as soon as is pos­sible. There have been too many hold ups and delays to this pro­ject and it is time to get it actioned with the min­im­um of delays so our com­munity can be con­nec­ted to oth­ers safely.

Sin­cerely L Duncan

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Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2025/0109/DET

Applic­a­tion Summary

Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2025/0109/DET Address: Land Between Aviemore And Car­rbridge PH22 And PH23 Pro­pos­al: Form­a­tion of 3m wide 9km long segreg­ated NMU route/​path Case Officer: Colin Bryans

Cus­tom­er Details

Name: Morten Moe Address: [redac­ted]

Com­ment Details

Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er made com­ments in sup­port of the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reasons: Com­ment: I am writ­ing in sup­port of the plan­ning applic­a­tion for the ACN­MU route Aviemore-Carrbridge.

I also fully sup­port the ini­ti­at­ive from a group of Car­rbridge res­id­ents who — with valu­able sup­port from loc­al politi­cians — have cam­paigned for a pri­or­ity con­struc­tion of the most urgently needed ACN­MU sec­tion, the Kin­veachy junc­tion-Car­rbridge route par­al­lel to B9153 which will con­nect Car­rbridge to the exist­ing NMU net­work to Aviemore and the Strath.

Until that sec­tion is built, Car­rbridge res­id­ents, vis­it­ors and NCN‑7 users have the choice between two equally unsuit­able options, bik­ing along the busy B9153 or choos­ing the traffic free options to the west or east of the B9153/A9.

The B9153 Kin­veachy junc­tion-Car­rbridge is not safe for any­one and to pro­mote it as part of the Nation­al Cycle Network‑7 route is irre­spons­ible. Blind bends that make it very dif­fi­cult for motor­ists to see cyc­lists at a safe dis­tance — and 30 – 40 cm’s high verges that make it impossible for cyc­lists to even get off the road in an emer­gency is a poten­tially leth­al combination.

None of the traffic free options are suit­able for families/​inexperienced or heavy loaded cyc­lists. The west­ern routes (from Kin­veachy junc­tion via the Lethendry­ve­ole farm) involves a cross­ing of A9, a 140 meters ascent along steep tracks and cross­ing of the Allt Lorgy burn- unless a slightly lower route along a mix of farm­land and rough forest paths is chosen.

The east­ern route (from A95 near Deshar school via the Docharn farm area) involves a 100 meters steep ascent up to Docharn and a steep des­cent towards Car­rbridge. Farm anim­als, with- or without their ​“babies” might also be encountered on these routes.

Sin­cerely Morten Moe

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Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2025/0109/DET

Applic­a­tion Summary

Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2025/0109/DET Address: Land Between Aviemore And Car­rbridge PH22 And PH23 Pro­pos­al: Form­a­tion of 3m wide 9km long segreg­ated NMU route/​path Case Officer: Colin Bryans

Cus­tom­er Details

Name: Ms Judith Symes Address: [redac­ted]

Com­ment Details

Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er made com­ments in sup­port of the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reasons: Com­ment: As a res­id­ent of Car­rbridge, I am in com­plete sup­port of this plan. It is long overdue.

I would wel­come the oppor­tun­ity to cycle from Car­rbridge to Aviemore for shop­ping and leis­ure pur­poses without the need to travel on the B9153 and A95 car­riage­way. As things stand, I am forced to make this jour­ney by car, or cycle over the very steep hill via Docharn, which still requires cyc­ling on the A95. I will not cycle this route. I am not alone in this sentiment.

The road between Car­rbridge and Kin­vechy junc­tion is par­tic­u­larly dif­fi­cult for cyc­lists and for car drivers. This is a road which twists and has a num­ber of blind bends. On many occa­sions, I have been driv­ing along the B9153 and encountered cars or even lor­ries com­ing toward me on the wrong side of the road while try­ing to over­take cyc­lists. This risks acci­dents and poten­tial fatal­it­ies. Over­tak­ing on this sec­tion of the road is dif­fi­cult, due to the num­ber of blind bends. It is amaz­ing that more drivers and cyc­lists have not been injured or worse. This is an area which attracts and wel­comes tour­ists in cars and on bicycles. Their lack of know­ledge of this road increases the risk fur­ther, as they are not aware of the hazards.

I would far prefer to cycle to Aviemore from my home here, but will not put myself at risk by doing so. The soon­er this plan is approved, the bet­ter for all con­cerned. Lives are at risk here.

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Com­ments for Plan­ning Applic­a­tion 2025/0109/DET

Applic­a­tion Summary

Applic­a­tion Num­ber: 2025/0109/DET Address: Land Between Aviemore And Car­rbridge PH22 And PH23 Pro­pos­al: Form­a­tion of 3m wide 9km long segreg­ated NMU route/​path Case Officer: Colin Bryans

Cus­tom­er Details

Name: Ms linda jolly Address: [redac­ted]

Com­ment Details

Com­menter Type: Mem­ber of Pub­lic Stance: Cus­tom­er made com­ments in sup­port of the Plan­ning Applic­a­tion Com­ment Reasons: Com­ment: We would like to again reit­er­ate sup­port for the form­a­tion of the Car­rbridge to Aviemore-NMU.

And we would again please ask that con­struc­tion com­mences as soon as pos­sible and as a mat­ter of urgency. We would also please request that top pri­or­ity is giv­en to the three mile sec­tion from Car­rbridge to Kin­veachy junc­tion run­ning along­side the B9153. There has been over­whelm­ing sup­port for an NMU along­side this stretch of road with it top of the vil­lage devel­op­ment plan list for at least the past dec­ade. This is an extremely dan­ger­ous and increas­ingly busy road with blind bends and rel­at­ively nar­row sec­tions. It is busy with cars, buses, tour­ist coaches and lor­ries as well as a stream of vehicles head­ing for Land­mark — one of the top tour­ist attrac­tions in the High­lands. There have recently new hous­ing devel­op­ments in Car­rbridge adding to the num­ber of vehicles trav­el­ling along the B9153. It is also used as an altern­at­ive route when the A9 is closed due to acci­dents. Grave con­cern has been expressed by motor­ists about sud­denly either encoun­ter­ing cyc­lists or slowed traffic queued behind cyc­lists. By the same token cyc­lists take their life in their hands risk­ing ped­alling this stretch of road. It is only time before there is a fatal acci­dent. The B 9153 is marked as part of the Sus­trans main Route 7 and also marked as a Hi-Trans cyc­lists travel route. We feel it is irre­spons­ible to be dir­ect­ing cyc­lists to use this dan­ger­ous stretch of road. For both loc­al res­id­ents and vis­it­ing tour­ists, an NMU would be our off road link to neigh­bour­ing com­munit­ies bring­ing with it all the bene­fits of act­ive travel, con­nectiv­ity and eco­nom­ic impact help­ing sup­port our loc­al café and vil­lage shops. We hope plan­ning will be speedily approved and efforts will be made for work to be star­ted on the NMU imme­di­ately and in advance of the next stage of the A9 dualling with pri­or­ity giv­en to the Car­rbridge to Kin­veachy sec­tion along the B9153.