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⚠️ Following identification of a defect on #A9 Jubilee (Tay) Bridge, Dunkeld, inspections have confirmed no immediate action is required.
Temp traffic restrictions will be removed this evening.
We thank road users for their patience.
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Traffic lights are put in place to keep road users safe around roadworks. Comply with red lights and don’t put yourself or anyone else in harm's way.
#DriveSafe
Traffic lights are put in place to keep road users safe around roadworks. Comply with red lights and don’t put yourself or anyone else in harm's way.
#DriveSafe
Traffic lights are put in place to keep road users safe around roadworks. Comply with red lights and don’t put yourself or anyone else in harm's way.
#DriveSafe
TONIGHT
Drainage improvement works on the #M90:
⛔ M9 Junction 1A Southbound off-slip closed
📆 13 November
🕖 20:00-06:00
Full details:
#A985 Kincardine Bridge deck refurbishment works:
⛔ Full bridge closure tonight, 20:00-06:00
Additional overnight closures:
18, 19 November
20, 21 January
Full details:
TONIGHT:
The slip road exiting the southbound #M9 at Junction 4 (Lathallan) will be closed for carriageway repairs between 19:30 and 06:00.
Details:
STARTING TONIGHT:
Resurfacing the #M80 southbound near Bankhead
⛔ #M80 southbound closed between J9 and J8
⛔ #M876 westbound closed between J1 and M80 J8
📆 13, 16 and 17 November
🕖 19:30 to 06:00 each night
Full details:
Overnight treatments completed, we've still got 18 patrol spreaders out keeping an eye on the network. #DriveSafe
After a busy night treating all routes across the SE Trunk Road Network, we still have 13 patrols out monitoring conditions. Very cold so please #DriveSafe and #TakeCare
First round of treatments completed on all routes across the network this afternoon. Gritters are back in the depots to reload in preparation for the overnight treatments. Please #DriveSafe and #TakeCare!
We're hiring bridge engineers across Scotland 👷
Opportunities available from Graduate Engineers to Chartered Principal Engineers, plus a Network Bridges Manager role in the South East.
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We're hiring bridge engineers across Scotland 👷
Opportunities available from Graduate Engineers to Chartered Principal Engineers, plus a Network Bridges Manager role in the South East.
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✅ Apply today: https://bit.ly/4xazTcJ
#A720 Edinburgh City Bypass now REOPENED after police incident.
Details below....
❄️Road surface temperatures will be low tonight on the network
🚛We will have 34 gritters out treating the road, with a further 13 patrolling overnight
➡️ Track our gritters here: https://www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker
❄️Road surface temperatures are set to drop close to zero tonight, with hoar frost and ice across the network
🚛We will have 29 gritters out treating the road this evening and a further 18 out on patrol overnight
➡️ Track our gritters here: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
The #A720 remains closed between Dreghorn and Hermiston Gait, due to a police incident.
Resurfacing the #M8 eastbound between Junctions 5 and 6:
🚧 Overnight eastbound carriageway closures
📆 17, 18 and 19 November
🕗 20:30-06:00
➡️ 4 minute diversion
Details:
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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