• Essential trunk road works will continue across the North West Unit on polling day, Thursday 7 May

BEAR Scotland provides this update to all road users on the works taking place on North West trunk roads during the local election period, to help people plan their journeys and access polling stations safely.

A number of essential maintenance and improvement works will continue on Thursday 7 May. These works are necessary to maintain safety and resilience of the trunk road network and traffic management arrangements have been planned to minimise disruption as much as possible.

Voters are encouraged to allow extra journey time, particularly when travelling to or from polling stations. Real time journey information is available from Traffic Scotland on www.traffic.gov.scot, X @trafficscotland or on the mobile site my.trafficscotland.org.

Key locations with traffic management in place include:

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• Raigmore Interchange – traffic signal works with lane closure
• Drumochter (southbound) – retaining wall repairs with lane closure
• Dalreoch to Dalnamein – drainage works with daytime traffic lights
• Helmsdale – bridge works with 24-hour traffic lights
• Golspie –  pedestrian crossing resurfacing requiring evening and overnight road closure with amnesties, with temporary signage provided to polling station
• Rosskeen to Tomich – road resurfacing with evening and overnight convoy
• Achavandra (north of Evelix) – road patching using daytime stop/go signs
• Lothmore – road patching using daytime stop/go signs
• Crofts of Benchilet (north of Latheron) – road patching using daytime stop/go signs
• Dunbeath – road patching using daytime stop/go signs
• Cromarty Bridge – bridge works requiring evening and overnight convoy

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• Meeting of Three Waters, Glencoe – rock slope works with 24-hour traffic lights
• Kingshouse – bridge repair works with 24-hour traffic lights
• Ballachulish Roundabout – road resurfacing requiring evening and overnight convoy
• Fort William – kerb and gully works with evening and overnight traffic lights

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• Campbeltown – footway works with 24‑hour traffic lights
• Leamnamuic – drainage works with daytime traffic lights

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• Runacraig – coring works using daytime stop/go signs
• Kincardine-in-Menteith Primary School – footway works using daytime traffic lights

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• Methven – drainage works using daytime traffic lights
• Dalveich – ecological surveys using evening and overnight traffic lights

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• Ardverikie (west of Kinloch Laggan) – safety measure requiring 24-hour traffic lights
• Newtonmore – footway works requiring 24‑hour traffic lights

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• Auchtertyre to Kyle of Lochalsh – safety barrier works requiring daytime traffic lights

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• Ledaig – rock slope works requiring 24‑hour traffic lights
• Rosebank, Appin – drainage works requiring daytime traffic lights
• Creagan – bridge works requiring 24‑hour traffic lights

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• Braes of Ullapool – sign installation requiring daytime traffic lights
• Garve – retaining wall replacement requiring traffic lights and temporary safety barrier

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• Dalwhinnie – road patching using daytime traffic lights

Access for emergency services will be maintained at all times, and efforts will be made to remove traffic management early should works be completed sooner than expected.

Hazel Moore, BEAR Scotland’s North West Network Manager, said: “BEAR Scotland appreciates that polling day is an important date for communities and we will do what we can to minimise the effects of the essential trunk road maintenance taking place.

“Voters heading to the polling stations should plan their journeys in advance. Please check Traffic Scotland’s website for live traffic updates and and allow additional time for your journey.”

For further information on planned works, visit www.bearscot.com/news