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🚨 Major works on the #M80 from April to July 🚨
Plan ahead:
⛔ Overnight carriageway closures from 13 April
🔃 Weekend contraflows in June and July
Full details here:
⚠️ Resurfacing works at #M8 East Whitburn, J3A-4 westbound:
Overnight closures:
⛔ 1 to 3 April
⛔ 7 to 10 April
⛔ 13 and 14 April
🕗 20:30-06:00 each night
Details here:
❄️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
❄️Temperatures will be low this evening with sleet and snow forecast across much of the North West trunk road network
🚛We'll have 28 gritters carrying out pre-treatments and a further 18 out patrolling overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
#DriveSafe
❄️Temperatures will be low across the South East trunk roads this evening with a risk of snow in some areas.
🚛We'll have 22 gritters carrying out treatments with 13 patrolling overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
#DriveSafe
REMINDER: Overnight surfacing works on the #A85 between Crieff and Comrie starts tonight, Tues 24 March.
⛔Road closures each night between 7pm and 6am with hourly amnesties
🚦Traffic lights will be in place during the day on Wed 25 March
Full details:
Excavation work to remove material affecting drainage on the #A83 at Loch Restil will be carried out between 9am and 6pm tomorrow, Wednesday 25 March.
👷 Lane closure with roadworkers manually operating ‘stop and go’ boards
Full details:
REMINDER: Overnight resurfacing on the #A83 north of Clachan starts tomorrow, Wednesday 25 March.
🚧 Road closed 7pm to 6am
🚗 Timed access for vehicles at 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm, midnight, 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am and 5am
Full details:
REMINDER: Overnight resurfacing works on the #M876:
⛔ Westbound carriageway closure - 24 March, 19:30-06:00
⛔ Eastbound carriageway closure - 25 March, 19:30-06:00
Details:
UPDATE: Due to the unsuitable weather forecast for tonight (Monday 23 March), works on the #A85 between Crieff and Comrie will now start on Tuesday 24 March.
Full details:
‼️UPDATE
Due to recent weather affecting Phase 1 of the overnight resurfacing on the #A83 through Arrochar, Phase 2 has been delayed and will now begin on Friday 27 April.
Updated info:
We’re proud to support Keep Scotland Beautiful’s roadside litter campaign!
If you’re travelling this week, please remember to #GiveYourLitterALift
TONIGHT: Overnight resurfacing on the #A702 at Boghall:
⛔ Road closure between Hillend Junction and Easter Howgate
📆 23 March
🕖 19:30-06:30.
Details:
It's #WorldBearDay 🐻
Here is a cute bear fixing some traffic management to celebrate!
What a helpful guy!
It's #WorldBearDay 🐻
Here is a cute bear fixing some traffic management to celebrate!
What a helpful guy!
It's #WorldBearDay 🐻
Here is a cute bear fixing some traffic management to celebrate!
What a helpful guy!
It's #WorldBearDay 🐻
Here is a cute bear fixing some traffic management to celebrate!
What a helpful guy!
REMINDER: Streetlighting upgrades at #M8 Junction 2 start tonight:
📆 23 March to 4 April
🕗 20:00-04:30 each night
➡️ Traffic will be diverted onto the M9 to turn at Newbridge Roundabout then return southbound to re-join the M8.
Full details:
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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