WATCH: Aerial footage shows progress of Cross Tay Link Road construction

Around three years away from its 2025 completion date and Perth’s Cross Tay Link Road (CTLR) is already affecting people’s lives.

Currently estimated at £118 million, the CTLR is Perth and Kinross Council’s biggest ever infrastructure project.

We sent up a drone video camera into the air above three key locations along the road’s route to capture the latest progress. See below for more aerial clips.

The CTLR is being built in three stages, with the first part of the work almost complete and stage two due to start soon.

Cross Tay Link Road view from above the A9

Our first video taken near Redgorton shows earthworks next to the A9, including drainage ponds.

The earthworks show the start of the two roundabouts and overpass that will take traffic from the A9 and onto the new bridge.

CTLR skirts Scone Caravan Club

Moving east and our drone gets a unique view of the stretch of road that will eventually link the A9 to the A93. Look out for the Scone Camping and Caravan Site through the trees to the far side of the works.

CTLR cuts across Highfield Track near Scone

Our final shot captures the last part of the route as it bisects the Highfield Plantation forest and crosses the Highfield Track core path, just to the north of Scone.

The CTLR is the second phase of the wider Perth Transport Futures project, with city centre improvements and a road through Bertha Park completing the overarching plan.

Contractors for the first stage of the CTLR project BAM Nuttall are in the process of laying down 6km of single carriageway linking the A9 to the A93 and on to the A94, just north of Scone.

Latter stages of the CTLR project will see a new road bridge constructed over the River Tay.

The project also includes putting in two kilometres of realigned dual carriageway on the A9, immediately north of the Inveralmond roundabout.

We sent up the drone at Redgorton, south of Luncarty, Perth Racecourse and Scone to capture a unique perspective on the contractor’s work.

The CTLR has attracted strong opinions on either side.

PKC argue it will reduce city congestion and unlock housing development.

While critics highlight cost, the environmental impact and air quality concerns.

But CTLR supporter, critic or simply curious about the huge infrastructure project at the heart of Tayside, the work is quickly taking shape.