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Cold conditions tonight, with Road surface temperatures forecast as low as -2.9 degrees. 27 spreaders out in the NW overnight with two treatments on some of our #A9, #A86, #A87, #A835, and #A830 routes, please #TakeCare and #DriveSafe!
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REMINDER: Daytime drainage improvements on the #A84 at Straid House, south of Callander start tomorrow, Monday 19 October
🚦Temporary traffic lights and layby closure in place 24 hours a day, including weekends until Friday 6 November
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STARTING TODAY: Resurfacing works on the #A82
🚦 North of Firkin Point: Temp traffic lights between 7pm and 6am from Sun 11 until Thurs 22 Oct
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REMINDER: Safety barrier improvements on the #A9 south of Dalnaspidal start tomorrow, Monday 19 October.
🚧 24/7 lane 2 closure for up to 4 weeks for safety
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After a busy night, all trunk roads in the North West have been treated (with some roads being treated twice overnight). It's still cold - so please #DriveSafe & #TakeCare
Cold conditions tonight, with Road surface tempertures forecast as low as -2.7 degrees!! 29 spreaders out in the NW overnight with double treatments on some of our #A9, #A86, #A82 and #A830 routes, please #TakeCare and #DriveSafe!
@trafficscotland
https://traffic.gov.scot/gritter-tracker
BRIDGE CLOSURE TONIGHT: #A985 Kincardine Bridge deck refurbishment:
🚦 Temporary traffic lights
🚧 Lane closures
Full overnight closures 20:00-05:00:
⛔ 17 October
⛔ 24 November
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REMINDER: A programme of resurfacing works on the #A85 between Glen Ogle and Crianlarich starts tomorrow, Sunday 18 October.
Various timings and traffic management arrangements in place.
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All salt treatments completed across the North West. Our 24/7 control room team are keeping an eye on conditions across the network too. Please #DriveSafe & #TakeCare if out!
UPDATE ‼️ Due to delays in wider schemes, the remaining works on the A889 North of Crubenmore Junction, have been delayed by one night.
Completion is now due on Tues 10 November.
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UPDATE: Following delays due to poor weather, two additional overnight road closures will be required to complete works on the #A7 near Langholm, on the nights of Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 October.
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Crack sealing works on #A702:
⛔ Overnight road closures between A72 and A721
📆 19 to 21 October
🕖 19:30 to 06:00 each night
➡️ Diversion 6 minutes / 4.1 miles
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Drainage investigation works at #M90 Junction 2A slip road:
🚧 Slip road closures
📆 20 to 23 October
🕗 20:00 to 06:00 each night
Details:
UPDATE: Due to changes in the programme of works, road resurfacing on the #A83 at Tarbert is now expected to be completed by Thursday 12 November.
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Low temperatures are forecast on the #M80 tonight. We'll have two frontline gritters treating the route from 3am onwards as a precaution.
#DriveSafe #WinterReady
Low temperatures are forecast tonight. We'll have seven gritters treating higher routes on South East Scotland's trunk road network from 11pm onwards.
#DriveSafe #WinterReady
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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