Since the completion of the Red Option in 2014, as noted in Transport Scotland’s letter of 23 December 2021, and given the change in circumstances at the Rest and Be Thankful, mainly the landslide events in August 2020, one of which was the largest recorded in the area, the then Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity announced on 23 September 2020 that Transport Scotland would be taking forward the development and assessment work required to deliver a long term resilient infrastructure solution to the existing A83 in tandem with progressing substantial shorter term investment in the existing A83.