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Winter portalStorms Monitoring and Preparation
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BEAR Highlights October 2024
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A Day in the Life of a Gritter Driver
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Winter Video 2024
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BEAR Highlights September 2024
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Green Week 2024 - Waste water treatment
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Green Week 2024 - Waste water recycling
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Green Week 2024 - Queensferry Crossing Lighting Upgrade
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Green Week 2024 - Surface recycling on A86
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We're currently replacing 1,500 metres of snow fence on the #A68 between Fala and Oxton. This will minimise snow drifts for the safety of road users, reducing the risk of road closures. All existing materials will be recycled.
TRISS stands for Trunk Road Incident Support Service. Our TRISS teams make a crucial difference to those who’ve had an issue on the trunk road network.
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With the wintry weather well underway, here are own top tips on keeping you and your car safe when driving behind a gritter
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UPDATE: Following delays due to adverse weather, pedestrian crossing upgrade works on the #A7 in Hawick at Bath Street will now continue until Friday 24 January.
Works at Albert Road will now begin on 27 January, finishing on 31 January as originally planned.
Traffic lights are put in place to keep road users safe around roadworks. Comply with red lights and don’t put yourself or anyone else in harm's way.
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REMINDER: #M90 overnight closures for bridge maintenance:
🚧 Thursday 16 January, 23:00-04:00 - M90 closed at Junction 1B Ferrytoll
🚧 Friday 17 January, 23:00-04:00 - M90 closed between Scotstoun and Queensferry Junctions
Full details here:
https://www.bearscot.com/m90-overnight-closures-for-bridge-maintenance/
Throwing objects out of your car window risks damaging property or harming people.
Please help keep our workforce safe and #GiveYourLittlerALift
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The Trunk Road Incident Support Service (TRISS) operates on key routes 12 hours a day to provide help wherever it’s needed.
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It was lovely to welcome @FionaHyslop to our Burghmuir depot today as well as giving her an insight in our winter processes.
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The #A876 will be closed between Higgin’s Neuk Roundabout and Kilbagie Roundabout from 20:00 until 06:00 each night from Monday 20 January to Monday 27 January, for expansion joint works on the Clackmannanshire Bridge.
Details:
https://www.bearscot.com/a876-clackmannanshire-bridge-expansion-joint-works/
Notice anything on the network? Let us know on 0800 028 1414 or enquiries@bearscotland.co.uk when it is safe and legal to do so.
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Road safety is always one of our top priorities at BEAR Scotland. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/3uoiD8H
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Traffic lights are put in place to keep road users safe around roadworks. Comply with red lights and don’t put yourself or anyone else in harm's way.
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Do you have any questions about the decision making behind the roadworks we carry out?
Find the answers here: https://bit.ly/3YAy0rC
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REMINDER: The #A702 will be closed for resurfacing near its junction with the A766 between 19:30 and 06:00 on 14-17 January and 10-13 February.
Details:
https://www.bearscot.com/resurfacing-the-a702-near-the-a766-junction/
BEAR Control Rooms are staffed 24/7 all year round. If you have anything to report on the North West / South East trunk roads then give them a call on 0800 028 1414 or email them through enquiries@bearscotland.co.uk
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A section of the northbound carriageway on the #M90 Queensferry Crossing will be realigned with traffic cones for up to 16 days from Wednesday 15 January.
This is to allow FCBC to recommence under-deck maintenance postponed due to adverse weather.
More:
https://www.bearscot.com/recommencement-of-essential-under-deck-maintenance-on-queensferry-crossing/
Sea wall repairs on the #A83 north of Inveraray start on Monday 27 January for eight weeks.
🚦 Two-way traffic lights and a 30mph speed limit in place 24 hours a day.
More info: https://bit.ly/40vt1sS
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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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We are a leading road maintenance and management firm in Scotland. We develop and build local management and delivery teams in each area where we hold a contract. These teams are supported by both national partners and local SME suppliers to provide an economic, flexible, resilient and sustainable service.
We work to understand local priorities and challenges – agreeing how best to achieve objectives collaboratively. As a result, our single seamless team brings unique expertise, best practice and innovation as part of our end-to-end service delivery.