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UPDATE: Due poor weather forecast, overnight resurfacing on the A82 south of Loch Linnhe Picnic Area will not take place tomorrow night (Tuesday 10 March) and will now finish on the morning of Friday 13 March.
Full details:
The slip road exiting the northbound #M80 at Junction 9, Pirnhall, will be closed between 22:30 and 04:00 on the nights of Thursday 12 March and Tuesday 31 March, to allow the road surface to be surveyed.
Details here:
🚨 Speed limit reminder on #M90🚨
Please comply with temporary reduced speed limits through works at M90 Junction 2, Masterton - our people are working just out of sight on the sides of the bridge.
Further slip road closures confirmed... details here:
https://www.bearscot.com/speed-limit-reminder-at-m90-junction-2-as-further-slip-road-closures-confirmed/
‼️ UPDATE: Road marking improvements on the #M9 southbound will require one additional overnight carriageway closure between Junctions 5 and 1A, from 19:30 until 06:00 on the night of Wednesday 11 March.
REMINDER: Essential verge works on the #A85 at Loch Awe start next week on Monday 16 March until Sunday 22 March, 8am to 5pm.
🚦 Traffic lights and a 30mph speed restriction 24 hours a day
🔴 Possibility of traffic holds of up to 10 mins
Full details:
TONIGHT: #M90 Junction 1C northbound off-slip improvement works:
⛔ Overnight slip road closures
📆 9 to 13 March, and 17 March
🕗 20:00-06:00 each night
Details:
REMINDER: Tree removal works are set to take place on the #A85 near Lochearnhead on Monday 9 March
🚦 Temporary traffic lights will be in place between 6pm and 5am
⛔ Short period of full closure will be required to safely remove larger trees
Details:
REMINDER: Signage improvement works are set to take place on the #A84 at Kincardine-in-Menteith, Blair Drummond starting on Monday 9 March
🚦 Temporary traffic lights will be in place between 9.30am and 4pm
Full details:
REMINDER: Rockslope works on the #A87 at Uig start tomorrow, Monday 9 March.
🚦Traffic lights and a 30mph speed restriction will be in place 24 hours a day
During certain critical activities, there may be short traffic holds of up to 10 minutes.
More:
International Women's Day is here again. It's a chance to take stock. Women play a key role at BEAR but, with the rest of the construction and civil engineering sector, they make up a smaller part of the workforce.
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Reminder: Road surfacing improvements at two locations on the #A9 between Mybster and Thurso start next week on Sunday 15 March.
🚧 Road closure south of Spital with amnesties 7pm to 6am
🚦 Lane closure with convoy south of Geislittle 7am to 7pm
More:
REMINDER: Safety improvements will take place on the #A9 North of Inveralmond Roundabout from tonight
⛔ 7pm to 7am lane closure on southbound carriageway from Sun 8 March
Full details:
REMINDER: New safety barriers will be installed alongside the #A9 from Luncarty to Bankfoot start from tomorrow, Monday 9 March
👷 24-hour single lane closures and a restricted speed limit of 50mph in place from the evening of Sunday 8 March
More info:
REMINDER: Overnight surfacing works on the #A85 between Crieff and Comrie start next week on Sunday 15 March
⛔Road closure each night between 7am and 6am with hourly amnesties
🚦Traffic lights will be in place during the day on Tues 24 Feb
Full details:
Hands on learning, real skills, and industry training… that’s what a BEAR Scotland apprenticeship offers.
Aiden tells us what he enjoys most about his role 👇
#ScotAppWeek26
Graham started his apprenticeship with us in 2018 and has made real career progressing within BEAR Scotland over the last eight years.
But don't take our word for it, he tells you himself 👇
#ScotAppWeek26
Hands on learning, real skills, and industry training… that’s what a BEAR Scotland apprenticeship offers.
Aiden tells us what he enjoys most about his role 👇
#ScotAppWeek26
Graham started his apprenticeship with us in 2018 and has made real career progressing within BEAR Scotland over the last eight years.
But don't take our word for it, he tells you himself 👇
#ScotAppWeek26
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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We are a leading road maintenance and management firm in Scotland. We develop and build local management and delivery teams in each area where we hold a contract. These teams are supported by both national partners and local SME suppliers to provide an economic, flexible, resilient and sustainable service.
We work to understand local priorities and challenges – agreeing how best to achieve objectives collaboratively. As a result, our single seamless team brings unique expertise, best practice and innovation as part of our end-to-end service delivery.