Traffic at the Rest and Be Thankful will move from the Old Military Road diversion route to the A83 under convoy control from 2pm today, continuing overnight. The decision was made following BEAR Scotland’s ongoing inspection of hillside conditions this morning and an improving forecast. The BEAR Scotland team continues to have … Continued
A83 AT REST AND BE THANKFUL: TRAFFIC CONTINUES TO BE DIVERTED ONTO OLD MILITARY ROAD Diversion onto the Old Military Road continues this morning Conditions to be assessed throughout the day and a further update given this afternoon Drivers are advised that all traffic on the A83 at the Rest and Be … Continued
Diversion onto the Old Military Road from midnight Traffic signal control will be operated for the rest of the evening until 24:00 Drivers are advised that given the updated forecast for increased heavy rainfall tonight, traffic will be diverted onto the Old Military Road Local Diversion Route from midnight tonight. Until then it … Continued
A83 AT REST AND BE THANKFUL: A83 OPERATING UNDER TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROL UNTIL TONIGHT Please be advised that the A83 will continue to operate under traffic signal control until 10pm tonight. Thereafter, convoy control will be implemented due to the heavy rain forecast in the early hours of Saturday morning. Subject to the outcome … Continued
A83 AT REST AND BE THANKFUL: A83 RE-OPENS FOLLOWING MONDAY MORNING INSPECTION Please be advised that the A83 has now reopened to traffic under convoy control following the completion of a morning inspection of the hillside. With further periods of rainfall expected in the coming days, our teams will continue to have a presence … Continued
Traffic continues to be diverted onto the Old Military Road until Saturday morning Weather permitting, a convoy system will then be introduced Diversion back onto the Old Military Road in the early hours of Sunday morning anticipated Please be advised that traffic will continue to be diverted onto the Old Military Road local diversion route … Continued
Please be advised that traffic will continue to be diverted onto the Old Military Road Local Diversion Route through today and overnight until Friday morning due to the heavy persistent rain forecast and high hillside saturation levels. A further update will be issued if there is any change to the above traffic management arrangement. Our … Continued
A83 OPERATING UNDER CONVOY CONTROL AT THE REST AND BE THANKFUL FOR WEDNESDAY DAYTIME PERIOD, WITH THE OLD MILITARY ROAD LOCAL DIVERSION ROUTE TO BE IMPLEMENTED FROM 7PM DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FORECAST A convoy system will be in place on the A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful today until 7pm Traffic will be … Continued
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 … 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
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
Update – A83 Rest and Be Thankful Saturday 27 February – 09.30am OLD MILITARY ROAD REMAINS IN USE FOR ALL ROAD USERS DUE TO HILLSIDE CONDITIONS AND WEATHER FORECAST. Teams remain on site monitoring conditions. Update – A83 Rest and Be Thankful Friday 26 February – 11.30AM A83 REOPEN DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS FOLLOWING SAFETY INSPECTIONS … Continued
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