Road users will be updated on progress with plans to dual the A96 between Inverness and Nairn at two “meet the team” events later this month.
The plans, which include the long-awaited Nairn bypass, will be on show in Culloden and Nairn.
Representatives from Transport Scotland’s A96 dualling team will be available to answer questions on the design and the preferred route for the road, which was unveiled last October.
Staff from international construction firm Jacobs UK Ltd, who have been awarded a £30million contract to design the road, will also be available.
Infrastructure Secretary Keith Brown said: “The Scottish Government has given a clear commitment to dual the A96 which will see delivery of around 88 miles of upgraded road between Inverness and Aberdeen, a huge task but one we are relishing.
“Dualling the A96 requires careful, in-depth planning and design so that we deliver the right scheme and help tackle congestion, make journey times more reliable and, crucially, improve road safety.
“Having awarded the £30 million design contract earlier this year for the 19-mile section between Inverness and Nairn which includes a bypass at Nairn, we are now progressing our plans to publish draft road orders for the scheme in 2016 having identified a preferred option last October.
“Engagement with affected landowners is now underway and these “Meet the team” events are an opportunity for locals and road users to hear first-hand from the people designing the route.”
The events will be held at the Barn Church in Culloden on Wednesday, August 25 between 12pm and 7pm and at Nairn Community and Arts Centre the following day at the same times.
The preferred route for the involves new junctions built at Smithton and Newton at Balloch at the Inverness end of the road.
A major new junction will be built near Inverness Airport before the road crosses to farmland to rejoin the current route at Gollanfield.
The next new junction will be to the west of Nairn before the road swings to the south of the town and across fields.
The new bridge over the River Nairn will be built at Broadley.
From there the road will cross land at Blackpark farm and head towards Auldearn, where another new junction will mark the end of the Nairn bypass.
The Inverness to Nairn stretch of the road is the first part of the project to dual the road to Aberdeen, which is due to be completed by 2030.