Thursday 1 and Friday 2 February, 5pm to 2am. BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is set to undertake road surface enhancements worth £80,000 on the A83 through the village of Arrochar. Works are scheduled to start at … Continued
Convoy system 10pm-6am 27-30 March BEAR Scotland will be undertaking essential maintenance works from Wednesday 27 March to Saturday 30 March 2024 on the A82 Kiachnish Bridge, located on Achintore road approximately four miles south of Fort William. The works will involve replacing two expansion joints on top of the bridge, as a continuation … Continued
Traffic returned to the A83 under temporary traffic lights at 12.30pm today (Monday 22 January). Further to a hillside inspection and review of updated forecast and saturation levels, traffic has returned to the A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful under temporary traffic lights. A morning inspection of the A83 identified a carriageway defect … Continued
The Met office has issued two weather warnings which will affect the South East Trunk Road Unit. An Amber warning for wind is in place from 6pm Sunday to 9am Monday. A Yellow warning for rain is in place from 3pm to midnight Sunday. Based on the weather forecast is a potential disruption to travel … Continued
Works begin Monday 12 February 2024 for eight weeks Essential road marking and road stud improvements on the A9 single carriageway between the Drumochter duals and the Crubenmore duals will begin on Monday 12 February for eight weeks. The project will involve removing and replacing the white lines and road studs for a total of … Continued
Current forecast for Sunday indicates heavy rainfall and thaw conditions with yellow rain warning in place. Forecast rain and thaw to result in significant increase in hillside saturation levels. As a precaution, the Old Military Road Local Diversion Route will therefore be prepared in case required overnight on Sunday 21 January. Diversion of traffic onto … Continued
Overnight northbound carriageway closures 29-31 January 2024 The northbound carriageway of the A1 will be closed north of Thistly Cross Roundabout from 21:00 until 05:30 on the nights of 29, 30 and 31 January, to allow Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland to carry out essential repairs to the road surface. A diversion route will … Continued
22.01.24 UPDATE: AMEND TO M90 QUEENSFERRY CROSSING INTELLIGENT ROAD STUDS WORKS Dates swapped due to weather forecast Next phase of project to speed up diversion process Overnight roadworks 23-25 January 2024 It has been decided to amend the programme for the works to install intelligent road studs on the M90 as part of the work … Continued
Two primary school pupils from Aberfeldy have proven they are Winter Ready, coming first and runner up in a competition by BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company in the North West of Scotland. Primary pupils from across the North West were asked to take part in our unique competition to create a logo or a … Continued
Further to updated forecast indicating reduced rainfall on Friday, traffic at the Rest and Be Thankful will remain on the A83 overnight on Friday 22 December A further update will be provided on Saturday morning following review of forecast and hillside saturation. Road users should however be aware that the current expectation is that A83 … Continued
BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland, has completed the construction of a cantilevered walkway to the east side of the A828 Connel Bridge. The walkway will maintain access for non-motorised users whilst bridge deck replacement works are undertaken next year. The £1.9 Million project to install the walkway began in January 2023. The cantilevered … Continued
• Current forecast for Friday and Saturday indicates heavy persistent rainfall with corresponding increase in hillside saturation levels.• As a precaution, A83 traffic will therefore be diverted onto the Old Military Road from 6pm on Friday 22 December. • Given the increase in hillside saturation levels it is then expected that the Old Military Road … Continued
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