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Overnight carriageway improvements on the #A85 north of Madderty start on Thursday 15 January 2026.
🚦Traffic lights with reduced speed limit in place
Full details:
Throwing objects out of your car window risks damaging property or harming people.
Please help keep our workforce safe and #GiveYourLittlerALift
#DriveSafe
‼️ TONIGHT: The southbound carriageway of the #A876 over the Clackmannanshire Bridge will be closed 19:30-06:00, to allow defects in the carriageway to be repaired.
Details:
Roadworkers are always in danger from traffic while out working on the roads.
Be considerate, pay attention, and slow down while passing roadworks.
#DriveSafe
The Trunk Road Incident Support Service (TRISS) operates on key routes 12 hours a day to help keep traffic flowing.
#DriveSafe
Tree felling works are set to take place on the #A9 at Artafallie Junction.
🌳Works will take place between 7pm and 6am each night starting from Monday 12 January 2026.
⛔A single lane closure will be place between these times.
Full details here:
Getting stuck on your journey is never ideal. Check out our list for winter essentials to keep in your car to keep you safe.
#DriveSafe #PlanAhead
❄️Road surface temperatures will be low tonight across the South East with a risk of ice and hoar frost.
🚛We will have 22 gritters out pre-treating this evening and a further 13 gritters on patrol overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
#ReadyForWinter
❄️Road surface temps will be low tonight on the #M80 between J2 Stepps and J7 Haggs
🚛Two frontline gritters will be out pre-treating routes and one patrol vehicle will be out overnight monitoring conditions
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
#DriveSafe#ReadyForWinter
❄️Road surface temperatures will be low tonight across the North West with a risk of hoar frost and icy patches.
🚛We will have 19 gritters out pre-treating this evening and a further 10 gritters on patrol overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
#ReadyForWinter
The slip road from the #M9 southbound onto the #M8 westbound at M8 Junction 2 (Claylands) will be closed between 20:00 and 04:30 on the nights of 12 to 16 January, to allow streetlighting to be upgraded.
Full details:
During the winter months the sun is low in the sky, this causes poor visibility. Make sure you keep sunglasses in your car.
#DriveSafe
All treatments complete on the NW with patrols still out on the network. Still very cold conditions #DriveSafe
BEAR Control Rooms are staffed 24/7 all year round. If you have anything to report on the road then give them a call on 0800 028 1414 or email them through enquiries@bearscotland.co.uk
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‼️NEW
#A7 resurfacing near Boonraw Junction
🕒 From Wed 7 Jan for eight weeknights
⚠️ 22 mins added to journey time - diversion signposted
More info:
UPDATE: To allow contractors to remove traffic management safely, the #M8 will be fully closed in both directions between Junctions 3A and 4 from 20:30 until 06:00 on the nights of Thursday 18 and Friday 19 December.
More:
At BEAR Scotland we’re always looking for ways to take care of the environment and work sustainably.
Find out how here: https://bit.ly/3YAy0rC
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At BEAR Scotland we’re always looking for ways to take care of the environment and work sustainably.
Find out how here: https://bit.ly/3YAy0rC
#DriveSafe
BEAR Scotland are responsible for managing and maintaining some of the country’s most important roads. We make sure the carriageways are safe and sound, but there’s a lot more to what we do than that. We also take care of grass cutting and weed control, road lighting and traffic signal maintenance, and we keep the signs clean to make sure you’ll always know where you’re going.
We’re committed to safety, so we undertake structural inspections of roads and bridges, gritting and ploughing in winter, emptying gullies and repairing safety barriers, and we approve the movements of abnormal loads around the roads network.
BEAR is always working hard to create a sustainable, environmentally friendly infrastructure for the future. We also design and supervise improvements to carriageways and authorise the opening of new roads.
We’re dedicated to providing a first-rate service and so we’re always busy, taking care of everything so you can get from A to B as safely and smoothly as possible.
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