As it happens I met the Inverness Oracle which is Sheila MacKay in Morrisons today and put the question to her. Sheila's made the point that Laurel Avenue was the first of the post war Dalneigh housing to be built and hence comprised a boundary between the pre war Columba Road and Dochfour Drive and all the "Saints and Trees" (St Valery Ave, Limetree Ave) which were to follow very quickly. She believes that the town planners of the time quite simply expected an increased volume of traffic with increasing car ownership and the extra housing on its far side so decided to make Laurel Avenue a dual cariageway for that reason. She is not aware of any plan to link the A9 north and the A82 but couldn't rule it out.
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Why is Laurel Avenue a dual carriageway?
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She believes that the town planners of the time quite simply expected an increased volume of traffic with increasing car ownership and the extra housing on its far side so decided to make Laurel Avenue a dual cariageway for that reason. She is not aware of any plan to link the A9 north and the A82 but couldn't rule it out.
The town planners must have had a bit of vision back then, more than the planners and officials we have now!
The town planners must have had a bit of vision back then, more than the planners and officials we have now!
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