Government task force plea to upgrade A75 and A77 in south-west Scotland

In it, Liz Cameron, director and chief executive of Scottish Chambers of Commerce, says: “The A75 and A77 are two of Scotland’s most important roads.

“Yet they suffer from chronic under-investment which makes them dangerous, hampers economic progress and slows efforts to improve our environment.

“The need to address this is long-overdue.”

She said that the case for investment had “never been clearer”.

“These are important routes to national and international markets,” she added.

“As they stand, however, they are also a material impediment obstructing plans to grow the Scottish economy and to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation in rural communities.”