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UPDATE: Due to the poor weather forecast, works on the #A85 between St Fillans and Lochearnhead will not go ahead tonight (Wednesday 16 September).
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TONIGHT: The eastbound carriageway of the #A823(M) will be closed at Pitreavie Roundabout between 20:00 and 06:00 on the night of Wednesday 16 September, to allow the removal of temporary cables that were in place for bridge works.
Details:
REMINDER: Overnight resurfacing is set to take place on the #A87, Isle of Skye
⛔ Harrapool: Wed 16 Sept to Fri 25 Sept
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REMINDER: Overnight resurfacing on the #A86 east of Strathmashie starts tonight, Wednesday 16 September.
🚧 Road closure 8pm to 6am
⏲️ Timed access at 9pm, 10pm, 11pm, midnight, 2am and 4am
Full details:
We're proud to support Dennyloanhead Community Hall with a £750 donation through our Regional Charity Initiative, helping them continue to provide services, clubs, and activities for the local community.
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Drainage investigations on the #A82 on North Road, Fort William, will take place on Thursday 17 September following recent issues.
🚦 Temporary traffic lights, 8pm to 6am
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Drainage survey on the #M8 Junction 4 eastbound off-slip:
🚧 Overnight slip road closure
📆 Friday 25 September
🕗 20:30-06:00
Details:
UPDATE: Due to poor weather, resurfacing on the #A82 at Rannoch Moor will not go ahead tonight or tomorrow night and will now finish on Wednesday 7 October.
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REMINDER: Overnight resurfacing on the #A99 at Ulbster starts on Sunday 20 September
🚧 Road closure 7pm to 6am
⛔ Amnesties in place at 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm, midnight, 2am and 4am
🚦 Daytime temp traffic lights on 21, 22, 28, 29 & 30 Sept
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UPDATE: Due to a poor weather forecast, works on the #A85 East of Arrivain were cancelled today and will now finish on Wednesday 16 September.
Full details:
UPDATE: Due to poor weather affecting the wider programme of works, road resurfacing on the A83 at Tarbert will now start on Thursday 17 September
Full details:
#A720 Straiton landscape management works:
🚧 Overnight slip road closures
📆 Mon-Fri nights 23 September to 5 October
🕙 22:00-06:00
Details here:
Investigation works on the #M80 northbound at Junction 9:
🚧 Overnight carriageway closure 2 October, 19:30-06:00
↙️ Traffic diverted onto Bannockburn Roundabout then immediately back onto motorway
Details:
MAJOR WORKS UPDATE: Works on the #A835 at Loch Garve Retaining Wall have been paused since the beginning of July and will restart this week.
Works will now continue until March 2027.
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REMINDER: Overnight road resurfacing at three locations on the #A83 between Stonefield and West Tarbert starts tomorrow, Wednesday 16 September.
🚧 Road closure with amnesties at 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm, midnight, 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am and 5am
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We're proud to support Dennyloanhead Community Hall with a £750 donation through our Regional Charity Initiative, helping them continue to provide services, clubs, and activities for the local community.
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A programme of major works to refurbish the deck of Galafoot Bridge on the #A6091 has now been confirmed.
In this video, BEAR Scotland’s South East Network Bridges Manager explains what to expect:
AI pilot scheme launched to crack down on roadside littering:
🤖 CCTV cameras use AI software to detect litter being thrown from vehicles
📸 'LitterCam' is being deployed on the #A720 Edinburgh City Bypass and the #A1
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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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