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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

February 21, 2022

ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE PLANNED FOR A9 RIVER TAY BRIDGE

Works start on Tuesday 22 February for one day   Essential repairs are set to be conducted on the A9 River Tay Bridge near Dunkeld with works set to get underway tomorrow, Tuesday 22 February. The repairs will involve teams removing and replacing the existing joint sealant, such that the movement joints remain protected for … Read Full Article

February 18, 2022

£360,000 OVERNIGHT SURFACING AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR A96 BROOMHILL ROUNDABOUT EASTBOUND

 Works start Sunday 20 February for two weeks   A section of the A96 at the eastbound approach to Broomhill Roundabout  is to benefit from surfacing and drainage improvements with work set to get underway on Sunday 20 February at 7pm. The £360,000 investment from Transport Scotland will address defects in the road surface on … Read Full Article

February 18, 2022

£1.2M SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR M90 AND A90 NEAR PERTH    

Works start Sunday 20 February for four weeks     Two sections of the A90 and two sections of the M90 at Barnhill are set to benefit from an improved road surface with works set to begin on Sunday 20 February. The £1.2M investment by Transport Scotland will see sections of the carriageway resurfaced at … Read Full Article

February 18, 2022

£80,000 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE PROJECT TO TAKE PLACE ON A92 NEAR THORNTON IN FIFE  

Works start Saturday 19 February for two weeks Weekend road closure in place for safety over first weekend A landscape maintenance scheme worth over £80,000 is to take place on the A92 near Thornton in Fife with works set to get underway from Saturday. The project will improve the areas of woodland adjacent to the … Read Full Article

February 18, 2022

£300,000 SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR THREE LOCATIONS ON A82 BETWEEN GLENCOE AND FORT WILLIAM

Tuesday 1 March ADVERSE WEATHER IMPACTS ONGOING SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS ON THE A82 BETWEEN GLENCOE AND FORT WILLIAM   Please be advised that adverse weather last week impacted ongoing surfacing operations on the A82 between Glencoe and Fort William. The project was expected to be completed by Monday 14 March, however works are now anticipated to … Read Full Article

February 17, 2022

RESURFACING THE M8 JUNCTION 2 WESTBOUND ONSLIP

These works have been extended by one night due to recent adverse weather. The same closure and diversion will be in place on the night of Thursday 24 February. Two overnight slip road closures begin Tuesday 22 February 2022 BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is set to resurface 0.8 kilometres of the westbound slip … Read Full Article

February 16, 2022

OVERNIGHT CLOSURES OF M9 AT HILL BRIDGE

Northbound carriageway closure Saturday 19 February 2022 Southbound carriageway closure Sunday 20 February 2022 Overnight carriageway closures will be in place on the M9 on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 February, as part of the project to replace bearings and safety barriers on the bridge that carries the eastbound M876 over the M9 at Junction … Read Full Article

February 15, 2022

£400,000 OVERNIGHT SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR A96 PITCAPLE

Tuesday 15 February   OVERNIGHT SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR A96 PITCAPLE RESCHEDULED DUE TO FORECAST ADVERSE WEATHER   Please be advised that overnight surfacing improvements planned for a section of the A96 in Pitcaple, outlined in the release below, have been rescheduled. The project had been programmed to get underway from Sunday 13 February over … Read Full Article