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February 25, 2022

WEEKEND LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED ON A9 IN PERTH

Works to start on Saturday 26 February Weekend southbound lane closure in place for safety   A section of the A9 southbound in Perth is to benefit from a further £10,000 worth of landscaping maintenance, with work set to continue from Saturday 26 February. The landscaping works will involve teams improving the woodland strip adjacent … Read Full Article

February 25, 2022

OVERNIGHT ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE PLANNED FOR TWO BRIDGES ON CALEDONIAN CANAL

Friday 25 February   ADDITIONAL OVERNIGHT CLOSURE REQUIRED ON SATURDAY 26 FEBRUARY TO COMPLETE MAINTENANCE WORKS ON A82 LAGGAN SWING BRIDGE   Please be advised that due to adverse weather conditions impacting operations, an additional overnight road closure is required to complete ongoing maintenance works on the A82 Laggan Swing Bridge. The project was scheduled … Read Full Article

February 25, 2022

£1.23M WEEKEND SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR THE A96 BETWEEN THAINSTONE ROUNDABOUT AND PORT ELPHINSTONE ROUNDABOUT  

Friday 25 February   WEEKEND CLOSURE TO COMPLETE SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS ON A96 BETWEEN THAINSTONE ROUNDABOUT AND PORT ELPHINSTONE ROUNDABOUT RESCHEDULED   Please be advised that the planned additional weekend closure on the A96 eastbound carriageway between Port Elphinstone Roundabout and Thainstone Roundabout has been rescheduled for a second time. The weekend closure was scheduled to … Read Full Article

February 24, 2022

RESURFACING THE A720, LOTHIANBURN TO STRAITON EASTBOUND

Overnight works commence Friday 4 March 2022 Overnight works to renew the road surface on a section of the eastbound carriageway of the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass from Lothianburn to Straiton are set to begin on Friday 4 March. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will carry out the project over three nights. For the … Read Full Article

February 24, 2022

A985 OVERNIGHT RESURFACING

Overnight road closures 2 and 3 March 2022  Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is planning to resurface 500 metres of the A985 from Waulkmill to Charlestown on the nights of Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 March. To ensure the safety of the workforce and road users, the A985 from Waulkmill and West Road junction … Read Full Article

February 23, 2022

RESURFACING THE M8 APPROACH TO HARTHILL HARD SHOULDER WESTBOUND

Overnight carriageway closures 1, 2 and 3 March 2022 A section of the westbound M8 between Junction 4a and Harthill services is set to benefit from a £200,000 Transport Scotland investment in resurfacing improvements, which will take place alongside ongoing upgrades to safety barriers in the central reservation. For the safety of workers and road … Read Full Article

February 23, 2022

OVERNIGHT RESURFACING WORKS ON THE A702 SOUTH OF BIGGAR

Overnight road closures until Monday 28 February 2022 Overnight road closures are being implemented on a 1.1km section of the A702 south of Biggar while essential carriageway resurfacing works are carried out. BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, commenced the works on the night of Tuesday 22 February and expects to complete the job on … Read Full Article

February 23, 2022

£185,000 SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR THE M90 JUNCTION 3 NORTHBOUND ON-SLIP

Works start Friday 25 February for three nights 24 hour on-slip and lane closures in place for safety     The M90 Junction 3 northbound on-slip is set to benefit from surfacing improvements worth £185,000, with works expected to get underway on Friday 25 February at 7.30pm The improvements will address defects in the surface … Read Full Article

February 23, 2022

SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A7 TRUNK ROAD IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH HAWICK AND TEVIOTHEAD

Resurfacing improvements worth over £900,000 Close engagement with Borders communities BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s trunk road operating company, has successfully delivered two major road improvement schemes on the A7 through Teviothead and Hawick, following close engagement with communities along the key Borders route. The schemes saw a total of 3.1km of road resurfaced and 4,100 … Read Full Article

February 23, 2022

A83 REST AND BE THANKFUL

Thursday 24 February – 9.20am   A83 AT REST AND BE THANKFUL TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER CONVOY CONTROL ON THE A83 TODAY (THURSDAY) AND OVERNIGHT DUE TO FORECAST HEAVY SNOW     Given the heavy snow forecast today, convoy control operations on the A83 will continue through today and overnight.  Journey times through the … Read Full Article

February 22, 2022

£485,000 SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR TWO SECTIONS OF THE A95 NEAR CROMDALE

Works start Monday 28 February for one week     Two sections of the A95 near Cromdale are to benefit from surfacing improvements with works set to get underway on Monday 28 February at 7.30pm. The improvements will address defects in the road surface on the A95 south of Cromdale and the A95 north of … Read Full Article

February 22, 2022

CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR QUEENSFERRY CROSSING ICE MITIGATION

Cable cleaning found to have beneficial effect More work required to quantify impact Engineers responsible for the Queensferry Crossing have expressed cautious optimism at the results of recent tests of methods to mitigate against ice accreting on the bridge’s cables and towers. Laboratory tests have confirmed that cleaning the cables does have a beneficial effect, … Read Full Article