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UPDATE: Due to changes in the wider programme, resurfacing works on the A85 at St Conan Kirk and East of Arrivain will now start on Wednesday 26 August, not tonight as planned.
Full details:
Drainage improvements on the #A82 at Rose Cottage, Inverarnan, start on Monday 7 September.
🚦 Traffic lights between 8am and 4:30pm.
Full details:
Eastbound carriageway resurfacing on #M8 between Junctions 3A and 2
📆 Friday 4 to Thursday 10 Sept
🕣 8.30pm-6am each night
⛔ No works on Saturday or Sunday nights
🔃 Diversion via A89 eastbound to Newbridge
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REMINDER ‼️
Drainage improvement works on the #A85 at Derrywood, Loch Earn, to begin from tonight
🚦 Two-way temporary traffic lights in place from 08:00 - 16:00
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Picking litter on the trunk road network is dangerous. Taking your litter home helps keep our roadworkers out of harm's way.
#GiveYourLitterALift
Works to replace the boundary fence on the #M876 south of Junction 1, adjacent to Bonnybridge, will begin on 31 August and continue for four weeks.
The hard shoulder on the southbound carriageway will be closed until works are completed.
Details:
‼️REMINDER
Overnight resurfacing works on the #A9 at South Doll Junction (2 miles from Brora), from tonight
⚠️ Closures in place for three nights
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🎵 #PlanAhead if you're heading to Edinburgh Summer Sessions this week🕺
Use the @trafficscotland website to plan your journey here: https://bit.ly/3qQMwts
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‼️NEW
Major resurfacing to start on the #A85 at Dalveich from Monday 7 September
⚠️ Overnight road closures with amnesties in place until Friday 2 October
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Central safety barrier replacement works are set to take place on the #A9 between Tore Roundabout and Arpafeelie Junction starting on Monday 7 September
🚦 Lane closure in both directions in place 24 hours a day
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UPDATE: Resurfacing on the #A83 West of Dunderave Cottage is now expected to be completed by Wednesday 26 August
🚧 Overnight road closures with amnesties at 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm, midnight, 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am and 5am
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REMINDER‼️
Resurfacing works on the #A85 at St Conan Kirk and East of Arrivain to begin from tonight
⚠️ Overnight road closures at St Conan Kirk from tonight
🚦 Daytime convoy system east of Arrivain from Fri 28
Full details:
‼️ WORKS POSTPONED These bridge inspection works on the #M876 will no longer go ahead this week, to avoid clashing with other works required on the network. They will be rearranged for a future date, to be confirmed in due course.
STARTING NEXT WEEK: A phased programme of overnight lane and carriageway closures will be in place on the #M9 from the evening of 31 August until the morning of 15 October, to allow a variety of routine maintenance tasks.
Full details here:
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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