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Works start Thursday 16 September over three nights   A section of the A96 near Huntly is to benefit from surfacing improvements worth £145,000 with work set to get underway this week. The improvements will address defects across a 500m section of the A96 at Leys of Dummuies, east of Huntly, creating a safer and … Continued

Works start Monday 13 September for five days A section of the A95 south of Dalvey is to benefit from surfacing improvements worth £165,000 with work set to get underway next week. The improvements will address defects in the road surface on the A95, between Cromdale and Tormore creating a safer and smoother road surface … Continued

Works start Monday 13 September for five nights A section of the A90 northbound near Moncur is to benefit from surfacing improvements worth £320,000, with work set to get underway next week. The improvements will address defects in the road surface on the northbound section of the A90 between Inchture and Moncur, creating a safer … Continued

Kessock Bridge abseil team helps raise over £1,210 BEAR Scotland donates additional £1,000 Highland Hospice, the charity that helps people living with an advancing, life shortening illness in the Highlands to live the best possible life, as well as supporting their families and carers, has benefited from a £2,210 boost from BEAR Scotland. A five-strong … Continued

Next stage expected to take approximately nine months to complete The next stage of landslip mitigation measures at the Rest and Be Thankful got underway this week to help improve landslip resilience to the A83. The £3.5M project will see the construction of a further catch-pit next to the trunk road, and will be located … Continued

Project to begin on Sunday 5 September for three weeks Overnight road closures in place for safety, 8pm to 6am, excluding Friday and Saturday nights Essential surfacing improvements at five locations on the A86 and A889 are set to get underway from Sunday. The programme of improvements will see over 2km of the A86 and … Continued

Friday 3 September   OVERNIGHT CLOSURES REQUIRED FOR THE PLANNED SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS ON THE A92 BETWEEN FERNIE CASTLE AND AYTON   Please be advised that surfacing improvements planned to take place this weekend on the A92 near Fernie in Fife have been extended.   The weekend improvements are still going ahead as planned however overnight … Continued

£320,000 SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS    Works start Monday 6 September over one week   A section of the A96 near Huntly is to benefit from surfacing improvements worth £320,000 with work set to get underway from Monday 6 September. The improvements will address defects across a 650m section of the A96 at Newtongarry, creating a safer … Continued

Friday 22 August   OVERNIGHT SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR A96 KEITH RESCHEDULED   Please be advised that overnight surfacing improvements planned for a section of the A96 in Keith, outlined in the release below, have been rescheduled. The project had been programmed to get underway from Sunday 29 August over two weeks, however due to … Continued

Works to begin from Sunday 29 August for seven nights   A section of the A82 south of Tarbet is to benefit from an improved road surface with work set to get underway from Sunday. The improvements will see almost 700 metres of the A82 resurfaced, creating a smoother and safer road for motorists. The … Continued

Construction of a new £1.1M catch-pit at the Rest and Be Thankful has been completed which will provide additional resilience to the A83. The new catch-pit, which was completed last week, is approximately 120m long, around 12m wide and capable of holding around 4,500 tonnes of debris material from a potential landslip. It is the … Continued

Overnight works taking place for ten nights starting Monday 23 August     A series of overnight lane and carriageway closures on the M80 and M73 are set to get underway on Monday 23 August so teams can safely carry out essential maintenance works. The carriageway closures are required to ensure roadworkers as well as … Continued