Following the largest petition ever recived by the Scottish Parliament Petitions Committee the Committee have taken time to consider the petition and have sought answers to the points raised in the petition. The petition has now been closed and the following letter has been received from the Petitions Committee. PUBLIC PETITIONS COMMITTEE John C Hutchison By e-mail: jch@arbrach.com 20 May 2009 Dear Mr Hutchison CONSIDERATION OF PETITION PE1140 Public Petitions Committee considered the above petition at its meeting on Tuesday 19 May.  The Committee agreed to close the petition on the grounds that Transport Scotland had confirmed that it expected improvement works on the A82 to begin in 2010/11. Further, the Scottish Government is committed to making further investments and improvements to the A82 through the Strategic Transport Projects Review. In closing the petition, the Committee agreed to invite Transport Scotland to keep the petitioner informed of the progress of the planned works. For your information, a copy of the Official Report of the meeting will be available on the Parliament’s website on 1 June. Any hard copy signatures submitted in support of your petition will be confidentially destroyed 2 months from today’s date unless you request their return prior to that date. Please contact me should you have any queries.  Yours sincerely Eileen Martin Eileen Martin Public Petitions Committee Assistant