Heavy and persistent rainfall forecast throughout Saturday and overnight into Sunday, increasing hillside saturation levels.

 Old Military Road local diversion to be implemented as a safety precaution from 3pm this afternoon and will continue in operation until Sunday morning.

 Hillside conditions and forecast weather will inform the re-opening decision for A83 at the Rest on Sunday morning.

Heavy and persistent rainfall is expected to fall over the west of Scotland over the next 24-hour period, including the area encompassing the Rest and be Thankful.

As a result of this and noting the spells of heavy rain experienced in recent days, saturation levels on the hillside above the A83 are increasing and the decision has been taken to divert all traffic passing through Glen Croe onto the Old Military Road local diversion route from 3pm this afternoon.

The local diversion route, which will operate under convoy control, will remain in place throughout Saturday night.

Our team continues to have a presence on site and our patrols are monitoring conditions closely at the Rest and be Thankful and Glen Kinglas.

Hillside conditions and the forecast weather informing the re-opening decision for the A83 at the Rest on Sunday morning.

Real time journey information is available from Traffic Scotland on https://www.traffic.gov.scot/travel-news/campaigns/a83-rest-and-be-thankful and twitter at @trafficscotland.

For more information on how the daily decision-making is reached check the following link:- https://www.bearscot.com/nw/a83-rest-and-be-thankful-managing-trunk-road-operation/