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BEAR Scotland and its staff are continuing their commitment to giving back to the communities in which it operates. Good causes benefited from £4,772 donations from the Scottish trunk road operator. Charities benefiting The year kicked off with a staff raffle raising £900 for Macmillan Cancer Care, BEAR’s new national charity partner of the year. … Read Full Article

  A83 Inveraray-Achadunan 8 April-3 May Road closure with amnesties   BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is removing trees affected by Ash Dieback Disease on the A83 from Inverary to Achadunan. This work extends the tree felling which has already taken place on the A835 and other North West trunk roads. The work will … Read Full Article

Overnight carriageway closures from Monday 22 April to Friday 3 May 2024 The M9 northbound at Junction 1A Kirkliston is set to benefit from a £640,000 Transport Scotland investment in resurfacing improvements, with operating company BEAR Scotland planning to renew approximately one kilometre of the motorway. For the safety of workers and road users during … Read Full Article

Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity has received a £750 donation to support its focus on making the hospital experience better for children, young people, and their families when they are at their lowest, most worried point. Transport Scotland’s trunk road operating company, BEAR Scotland, which manages and maintains trunk roads near the Capital including the A720 … Read Full Article

Overnight carriageway closure Tuesday 2 April 2024 The northbound carriageway of the M9 will be closed at Junction 1 Newbridge on the night of Tuesday 2 April, to allow Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland to install a temporary safety barrier. The barrier is required to ensure the safety of road users during the next … Read Full Article

  Monday 22-Tuesday 30 April, 7pm-7am Overnight road closure with amnesties (Monday to Friday)   The busy A87 tourist route on Skye will be given an upgrade ahead of the summer season.   A section of the road between the Drumuie junction and the Borve junction, north of Portree, will be resurfaced and road markings … Read Full Article

Three overnight carriageway closures commencing 8 April 2024 BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is set to resurface 1.1 kilometres of the M80 Junction 9 southbound on-slip, as well as a small section of the M80 southbound carriageway adjacent to the slip road. The work will take place over three nights between the hours of … Read Full Article

Five-week programme commences 15 April 2024 Work to be completed over 16 phases A five-week programme of overnight maintenance on the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass is scheduled to begin on Monday 15 April. The work will be carried out in 16 phases, with overnight closures on a different section of the bypass in each phase. … Read Full Article

Current phase of A83 drainage improvements between View Point Car Park and Cobbler Bridge are nearing completion. Hillside inspection has identified a new area of movement on the hillside that is being monitored closely. Traffic management in place to facilitate drainage works and hillside monitoring. Traffic management will remain until hillside movement is better understood … Read Full Article

Lane closure for two weeks commencing 18 March 2024 Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is to install a new variable message sign to provide enhanced information for drivers on the approach to the bridge that carries the A1 trunk road over the River Tyne near East Linton. The sign will be installed near Haddington, … Read Full Article

Work to improve the footway on the A985 between the junction to Charlestown and the junction to Waggon Road has been postponed until later in the year, while a question over land ownership is resolved. Temporary traffic lights that were in place since the start of the works in February have been removed and the … Read Full Article

Hard shoulder closure for six weeks, commencing 1 April 2024 Trunk road operating company BEAR Scotland is to replace over 1,000 metres of boundary fence on the eastbound M8 between Junctions 3 and 2, in an investment by Transport Scotland worth £87,000. The works will begin on Monday 1 April and are expected to continue … Read Full Article