Author Archives: Caitlin Campbell

· Works start Monday 18 December 2023 for seven weeks. BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s trunk road operating company, are to start £240k worth of road safety improvements on the A9 Trunk Road near Milton of Leys, south of Inverness. The works will bring traffic signs and road safety barriers up to modern highway standards, making … Continued

Series of short full road closures on 14 December.  On behalf of Transport Scotland, BEAR Scotland is carrying out essential hydraulic works on the A82, at the historic Fort Augustus Swing Bridge, replacing the hydraulic rams which open and close the bridge. The site works will take place on Thursday 14 December, beginning at 09.15am … Continued

One overnight carriageway closure on 7 December 2023 The eastbound on-slip of the M8 at Junction 3 will be closed for a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey between 20:30 and 06:00 on the night of 07 December 2023. A clearly signed diversion route suitable for trunk road traffic will be in place from A899, A89 … Continued

Update – Due to poor weather forecast, works on Sunday 14 January on the A828 are cancelled. We hope to resume these works on Monday 15 January. // Update – further works on the A828 near Appin will take place from Sunday 14 to Tuesday 16 January (3 nights), to finish improvements made during the … Continued

Road Marking Refresh to start on Monday 20 November for 5 Nights Carriageway Road Closure with Diversions Essential road marking improvements on the A9 dual carriageway and single carriageway between the Inshes Junction southbound slips and B9006 Culloden Road will get underway on Monday 20 November at 7pm for five nights. The road marking improvement … Continued

Overnight carriageway closures on 2 of November 2023 A programme of works to replace joints on River Carron Bridge and install anti-skid surfacing on Drove Loan Bridge, located on the M876, is due to commence on Thursday 2 of November with a duration of one night. This is to finalise joint replacement and anti-skid works … Continued

Overnight road closure with diversion Sunday 12 November to Wednesday 22 November, 8pm to 5am. BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is set to undertake significant road surface enhancements totalling £269,000 on the A83 near Ardgenavan and Strone Point, between Inveraray and Cairndow. Scheduled to start at 8pm on Sunday 12 November and due to … Continued

Works start on Thursday 26 October Overnight closures between 8pm and 6am   BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland, will be carrying out essential drainage investigation works on the A86 Trunk Road at Auchmore, between Newtonmore and Laggan,  with works set to get underway on Thursday 26 October. The project is scheduled to take … Continued

Carriageway Road Marking Refresh to start on Monday 6 November for 10 Weeks Lane Closures with 10mph Convoy & Two Way Traffic Lights   Essential overnight road marking improvements on the A9 single carriageway and dual carriageway between Pitlochry and Killiecrankie will get underway on Monday night 6 November for 10 weeks. The Road Marking … Continued

One night of carriageway closures to take place on Friday 20 October 2023 BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland will be carrying out overnight road marking improvements and installation of traffic loops on the M9 northbound between Junction 9 and Junction 11 over the night of Friday 20 October 2023. The works will see … Continued

Works start on Monday 9 October 2023 for 6 weeks.   Essential maintenance work is set to be conducted on the A82 Dubh Eas bridge that carries the A82 over a watercourse, around a mile north of Inverarnan. The essential maintenance work will start on Monday 9 October lasting for six weeks, weather dependant. The … Continued

Works begin on Sunday 15 October for three weeks. Lane Closures with 10mph Convoy + Slip Closures with Diversions 7pm-7am   Motorist using the A92 between Dundee and Arbroath will benefit from an improved road surface as resurfacing works are set to be carried out later this month. The resurfacing improvements on 3665m of carriageway … Continued