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During the winter months the sun is low in the sky, this causes poor visibility. Make sure you keep sunglasses in your car.
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Investigation works to begin on the #A720 at Sheriffhall Roundabout from Monday 12 October.
⚠️ Lane closures and signed diversions in place
🕑 Completion expected by the morning of Thursday 15 October.
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UPDATE: Due to poor weather, road resurfacing on the #A83 at Tarbert will not go ahead tonight (Thursday 8 October).
@trafficscotland
UPDATE: Due to a poor weather forecast, works on the M8 between Junctions 2 and 3 will not go ahead tonight and will restart tomorrow night.
Full details:
UPDATE: Due to a poor weather forecast, works on the A7 near Langholm will not go ahead tonight and will restart tomorrow night. Works will now end on 20 October.
Full details:
UPDATE: Due to changes in the wider programme, surfacing improvements on the #A835 north of Glascarnoch Dam will now begin a day later than planned, on Tuesday 13 October
🚚 Lane closure with convoy - 7am-7pm, Monday to Friday until 26 Oct
Full details:
#M876 lane closures from Monday 12 Oct and Junction 2 slip road closures in November:
🕰️ 7.30pm-6am each night
🚧 Eastbound off-slip: 6 and 16 Nov
🚧 Eastbound on-slip: 17 Nov
🚧 Westbound off-slip: 18 Nov
🚧 Westbound on-slip: 19 Nov
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Perth gritter William Wall-ice loaded and ready to go treat the #A85! That'll complete all of todays treatments😀
The first treatments of the 2026 winter season are underway. Here are images of our gritters treating the #A9 past Dalwhinnie and Calvine🥶
Temperatures starting to drop on parts of the network - our teams are gearing up for the first round of treatments tonight. Please #DriveSafe if out!
➡️Keep an eye on @trafficscotland Gritter Tracker -
UPDATE: Due to the poor weather forecast, resurfacing on the #A82 at Rannoch Moor will not go ahead on the night of Thursday 8 October.
Full details:
⚠️ Following the earlier vehicle fire on the #A82 at Drumnadrochit, temporary traffic lights will be in place overnight tonight. An assessment of the road surface will take place tomorrow.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
@trafficscotland
#A68 Lauder High Street resurfacing:
🚧 Overnight road closures and parking restrictions
📆 13 to 30 October
✅ Monday to Friday nights only
🕖 19:30-06:00 each night
Details:
❄️Road surface temperatures will be low tonight, so our first gritters of the season are hitting the roads
🚛We will have six gritters out on the #A9 between Perth and Kingussie and the #A87 near Glenshiel Battlefield
➡️ Track our gritters here: https://www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker
❄️Road surface temperatures will be low tonight, so our first gritters of the season are hitting the roads
🚛We will have two gritters out on the #A68 and the #A702
➡️ Track our gritters here: https://www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker
TONIGHT: Overnight maintenance on the #M9:
🚧 Lane closure
📍 Junction 5-2
📆 7/8/9 October
🕗 19:30-06:00
Full programme here:
UPDATE: Due to poor weather, works on the #A9 at the Pass of Drumochter are now expected to be completed by the morning of Monday 12 October.
🚦 Temporary traffic lights in place between 7pm and 6am
Full details:
What an incredible Queensferry Crossing Doors Open Day! 180 ballot winners explored inside the bridge, while many more enjoyed our exhibition at the Forth Bridges Contact & Education Centre. Together, we raised over £9,500 for @supportCHAS!
Full details: https://bit.ly/4hOLBUt
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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