• Resurfacing works starting on Thursday 12 March

• Lane closure with convoy between 8pm and 6am

BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland, will be carrying out essential surface improvements on A9 South of Tain for 14 nights.

Works are set to take place each night between 8pm and 6am from the evening of Thursday 12 March until the morning of Wednesday 1 April, subject to weather conditions. No works will take place on Friday or Saturday nights.

To protect roadworkers and motorists there will be a lane closure with a 10mph convoy in place each night. The A9 will be open outwith working hours to keep disruption to a minimum, with a speed restriction of 30mph in place as traffic will be running over a temporary surface.

Steven Taylor, BEAR Scotland’s North West Planned Maintenance Manager said: “This resurfacing project on the A9 will help address defects and greatly improve the surface for motorists.

“Our teams will do all they can to complete the works efficiently, and we thank the local community and road users for their patience in advance while we complete these works.

“We encourage motorists to plan ahead before setting out by checking the Traffic Scotland website for up-to-date travel information.”

Real time journey information is available from Traffic Scotland on www.trafficscotland.org, twitter at @trafficscotland or the new mobile site my.trafficscotland.org.

Materials removed from the existing carriageway will be recycled using SEPA approved methods.