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❄️Road surface temperatures are expected to drop close to zero through the night and into the early morning.
We will have 11 gritters treating the network.
➡️Gritter Tracker https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
@transcotland
#DriveSafe #ReadyForWinter
REMINDER: Works are set to take place overnight on the #A83 south of Low Ballevain from Wednesday 29 October.
⛔ A full road closure with hourly amnesties will be in please each night between 7pm and 6am.
Full details:
The hard shoulders on the #M8 between Junctions 5 and 6 near Salsburgh will be closed for nine weeks from 29 October, to allow fencing replacement works to be carried out safely.
Details:
UPDATE: Due to changes to our programme of works, resurfacing on the A828 at Benderloch will now start on Wednesday 5 November.
Read more here:
UPDATE: Due to the forecast for wet weather, works on the #A86 at Roy Bridge have been delayed and will now be complete on the morning of Wednesday 29 October.
Full details:
UPDATE: Due to a plant breakdown on the #A7 Boleside to Glenmayne site last night, an additional night of work is required tonight (24 October) to complete the road markings and studs within the resurfaced section.
Emergency boulder removal works are set to take place on the #A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful.
Trunk road traffic will be diverted onto the Old Military Road from 6am on Monday 27 October.
Full details here:
UPDATE: Due to changes to our programme of works, resurfacing on the A82 south of Spean Bridge will now start on Wednesday 29 October.
Full details here:
REMINDER: New phase of #M90 overnight maintenance begins tonight:
📆 24, 27 & 28 October
🕖 19:30-06:00
📍 M90 Junction 3 to M90 Junction 2
🚧 Southbound carriageway closure
Full programme:
11 salt treatments were completed across the north west, Our 24/7 control room team are keeping an eye on conditions across the network too. Please #DriveSafe & #TakeCare if out!
#A9000 Forth Road Bridge:
⛔ The east footway will be closed to cyclists and pedestrians on Monday 27 October.
✅ The west footway will be open instead.
This is to allow equipment to be lifted safely onto the east main cable.
Overnight slip road closures at #A1 Old Craighall Junction, for landscape management works:
⛔ 3-4 Nov: Northbound on-slip closed
⛔ 5-6 Nov: Northbound off-slip closed
⛔ 7 & 10 Nov: Southbound on-slip closed
🕙 22:00-06:00 each night
Full details:
❄️Road surface temperatures will be low tonight
🚛We will have 7 gritters out on the A9, A86, A82 and A87
➡️ Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
@transcotland
#DriveSafe #ReadyForWinter
REMINDER: Resurfacing on #A720 Edinburgh City Bypass begins tonight:
⛔ 23, 24 & 27 Oct: A720 eastbound closed Hermiston Gait to Baberton
⛔ Mon-Fri nights 28 Oct to 17 Nov: A720 westbound closed Straiton to Lothianburn
🕣 20:30-06:00
More:
⚠️ #A68 Earlston to Birkenside Junction road marking improvements:
📆 5, 6 & 7 November
🕖 19:30-06:00 each night
⛔ Road closure with diversion
Details:
⚠️ #A1 resurfacing works, Gladsmuir to Bankton:
📆 4 to 27 November, Monday to Friday nights only
🕖 19:30-06:00 each night
Details:
UPDATE: An extra night of work is required on the #A7 between Boleside and Glenmayne, 1km south of Galashiels, on the night of Thursday 23 October.
Full details here:
REMINDER: The slip road onto the westbound #M8 at Junction 3 near Livingston will be closed for resurfacing between 20:30 and 06:00 on the nights of 22, 23 and 24 October.
Details here:
BEAR Scotland are responsible for managing and maintaining some of the country’s most important roads. We make sure the carriageways are safe and sound, but there’s a lot more to what we do than that. We also take care of grass cutting and weed control, road lighting and traffic signal maintenance, and we keep the signs clean to make sure you’ll always know where you’re going.
We’re committed to safety, so we undertake structural inspections of roads and bridges, gritting and ploughing in winter, emptying gullies and repairing safety barriers, and we approve the movements of abnormal loads around the roads network.
BEAR is always working hard to create a sustainable, environmentally friendly infrastructure for the future. We also design and supervise improvements to carriageways and authorise the opening of new roads.
We’re dedicated to providing a first-rate service and so we’re always busy, taking care of everything so you can get from A to B as safely and smoothly as possible.
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