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⚠️ Major works on the #M9 start TONIGHT:
#PlanAhead during major programme of resurfacing, bridge works and road marking improvements:
⛔ Overnight carriageway closures 19 February to 20 March
🚧 Weekend contraflow 21-22 February
Full details👇
‼️ TONIGHT: Overnight works to renew the road surface on the #A985 at Cairneyhill Layby, west of Cairneyhill Roundabout, are set to take place on Thursday 19 and Friday 20 February between 19:30 and 06:30 each night.
Details:
Roadworkers are on site to maintain a safe trunk road network.
Please avoid putting roadworkers at risk by driving carefully and considerately through roadworks.
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With the wintery weather drawing in, here are out top tips on keeping you are your car safe when driving behind a gritter
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An overnight closure of the #A68 in Lauder is scheduled, on East High Street at the junction with Factor’s Park, to allow Scottish Water to replace a sunken fire hydrant on the carriageway:
📆 Friday 20 March
🕘 19:00 to 07:00
An overnight closure of the #A720 eastbound from Baberton to Dreghorn is scheduled, to allow Amey TSIC to undertake traffic loop recutting work:
📆 Tuesday 17 March
🕘 20:00 to 06:00
UPDATE: Due to challenging weather conditions, works on Cromarty Bridge on the #A9 are now expected to be completed by Monday 30 March.
We thank road users and the local community for their patience.
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An overnight closure of the #A9000 southbound over the Forth Road Bridge is scheduled, to allow Amey TSIC to undertake traffic loop recutting work:
📆 Wednesday 11 March
🕘 21:30 to 04:00
The bridge will remain open to cyclists and pedestrians.
❄️Temperatures will be low in the North West network this evening with ice expected on higher ground
🚛We'll have 27 gritters carrying out treatments and a further 18 patrol vehicles monitoring conditions overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
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❄️Temperatures will be low across the South East trunk roads this evening
🚛We'll have 24 gritters carrying out treatments with further 13 patrol vehicles monitoring conditions overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
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An overnight closure of the #A720 westbound from Dreghorn to Baberton is scheduled, to allow Amey TSIC to undertake traffic loop recutting work:
📆 Tuesday 10 March
🕘 20:00 to 06:00
Drainage improvement works are set to take place on the #A82 at Ben Nevis Distillery starting on Sunday 22 February for three weeks
🚦 Temporary traffic lights will be in place between 8pm and 6am each night
Full details:
Reminder: Overnight surfacing on the #A84 at Cambusbeg starts next week on Wednesday 25 February.
🚦 Two-way traffic lights system with convoy in place throughout
Full details:
Our Trunk Road Incident Support Service (TRISS) responds to issues on key trunk routes to help wherever they can.
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REMINDER: The #M8 Junction 3 eastbound on-slip will be closed between 22:00 and 06:00 on the nights of Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 February, as part of investigation works on the bridge carrying the A899 Livingston Road over the motorway
Details:
TONIGHT: Bridge works on #M8 between Junctions 3A and 4:
⛔ Overnight westbound carriageway closures
📆 18 February and 14 to 22 March
🕗 8pm-6am each night
Full details:
With snowy and icy conditions affecting some areas of Scotland, here are out top tips on keeping you are your car safe when driving behind a gritter
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All routes treated but it's very cold out there #DriveSafe
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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