The impact of storm Babet has had knock-on impacts elsewhere along the A9 and elsewhere in Scotland, which has affected the routing of extra-wide loads, which themselves cause issues. That point was also raised with me yesterday.

The River Bran goes under the A9, and I know that flooding has caused issues for a local pathway, which Mr Ruskell contacted me about.

Transport Scotland is working with Perth and Kinross Council to see what can be done to mitigate. It has met the local community and, indeed, it met councillors yesterday, I think, to identify the issues. I will leave it to Transport Scotland and the relevant authorities in Perth and Kinross to determine what form the operational response will take, but I am very aware of the issues.

As a consequence of recent storms—not just storm Babet, but storm Agnes, too—there have been further disruptions elsewhere on the A9, including on the slip road to Pitlochry south.

All of those things compounded make the situation very difficult, and everybody is working hard to resolve it.