South East

45 days of works starting Monday 27 May 2024 Lane Closure with Convoy   BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s road operating company, is set to start essential surfacing improvements on the A9 Causeymire, north of Achavanich on Monday 27  May. The works will see a 1853m stretch of carriageway resurfaced, ensuring smoother and safer journeys for … Continued

Overnight road closure Tuesday 14 May 2024   BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company is set to complete repair works on the safety barriers at Grantshouse this month. The works are programmed to take place overnight on the A1 at Grantshouse on Tuesday 14 April from 20:00 until 06:00. The A1 will be closed in … Continued

Overnight carriageway closure 13 May 2024 BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is set to complete essential road improvement works on the M9 Newbridge Southbound. The works will take place on Monday 13 May, between the hours of 19:30 and 05:30. To ensure the safety of the workforce and traveling public, the M9 southbound carriageway … Continued

Overnight westbound carriageway closures 6 and 7 May 2024 The westbound M8 will be closed between Junctions 3A and 4 on the nights of 6 and 7 May, to allow essential concrete repairs on the underside of a bridge carrying the B792 over the motorway. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will carry out work … Continued

Overnight closures at three locations, commencing Tuesday 14 May 2024 Overnight investigation works are scheduled on the A1 at three different locations, with slip road and carriageway closures on the nights of 14, 15 and 16 May. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will use the closures to take core samples from defective areas of … Continued

Overnight carriageway closures 26-31 May 2024 A six-night programme of overnight maintenance on the M80 between Junctions 8 and 9 is scheduled to begin on Sunday 26 May. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will use these closures to carry out a variety of routine maintenance tasks and to tidy up the carriageways and roadsides, … Continued

M90 traffic diverted over Forth Road Bridge within 19 minutes An enhanced diversion system for the Queensferry Crossing has been successfully trialled, significantly reducing the time it takes to reroute traffic on the M90 over the Forth Road Bridge. A new system of automated moveable barriers has been upgraded in recent weeks with an improved … Continued

Overnight lane closures for three weeks, commencing 29 April 2023 Trunk road operating company BEAR Scotland is conducting a drainage investigation on 6,000 metres of the westbound A720 Edinburgh City Bypass between Lothianburn and Baberton Junctions, in an investment by Transport Scotland worth £200,000. The works will begin on Monday 29 April and are expected … Continued

UPDATE: These works will now commence on the night of Wednesday 8 May. As it stands, the works are still expected to finish on the night of Tuesday 28 May. Overnight carriageway closures 3-28 May 2024 The westbound carriageway of the M8 after Junction 3 will be closed for resurfacing on the night of Friday … Continued

  In the first quarter of 2024, BEAR Scotland has delivered £21.4 million in improvements and maintenance across the South East trunk road network on behalf of our client Transport Scotland. This included resurfacing projects worth a total of £3.3 million, improving surface quality and overall safety for motorists on various routes. In February three … Continued

Q&A with Alasdair Allen, Severe Weather Manager   How has this winter been overall? Every winter brings different challenges and we’re always ready to deal with whatever comes our way, whether that’s snow and ice, storm damage, high winds or flooding. This winter were lucky that South East Scotland escaped the worst of the seasonal … Continued

Overnight carriageway closures 7 to 24 May 2024 The A1 is set to benefit from a total of 5.3 kilometres of carriageway improvements over two sites, with Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland planning 16 nights of resurfacing works near East Linton between 7 and 24 May. The northbound carriageway of the A1 will be … Continued