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Reminder: Road surfacing improvements at two locations on the #A9 between Mybster and Thurso start tomorrow, Sunday 15 March.
🚧 Road closure south of Spital with amnesties 7pm to 6am
🚦 Lane closure with convoy south of Geislittle 7am to 7pm
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TONIGHT: Bridge works on #M8 between Junctions 3A and 4:
⛔ Overnight westbound carriageway closures
📆 14 to 22 March
🕗 8pm-6am each night
Full details:
After a busy night, roads have been retreated and we still have 12 frontline gritters out on patrol as well as 18 patrols out monitoring conditions. Very cold so please #DriveSafe and #TakeCare
UPDATE: Due to adverse weather #A85 between Glen Ogle Head & Lix Toll works have been cancelled on Sunday 15 and Monday 16 March. New dates will be issued in due course.
UPDATE: Due to weather conditions delaying works earlier in the programme, works on the A9 south of Blair Atholl will now start on Sunday 22 March. See new information below.
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UPDATE: Due to recent poor weather forecast, overnight surfacing on the #A9 North of Calvine has been cancelled for Sunday 15 and Monday 16 March and is now expected to be completed by the morning of Friday 20 March
Full details:
❄️ Road surface temperatures in South East Scotland are forecast to fall below zero tonight, with a risk of ice and hoar frost in places.
🚚 We'll have 22 gritters out treating trunk routes this evening, with a further 13 on patrol overnight.
#drivesafe
❄️ Road surface temperatures in North West Scotland are forecast to fall below zero tonight, with a risk of ice and hoar frost in places.
🚚 We'll have 29 gritters out treating trunk routes this evening, with a further 18 on patrol overnight.
#drivesafe
❄️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: http://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
#DriveSafe
UPDATE: Due to the poor weather forecast, overnight resurfacing on the A82 south of Loch Linnhe Picnic Area has been cancelled on Sunday 15 March and will now finish on the morning of Thursday 19 March.
Full details here:
UPDATE: Due to a delay with our subcontractor, wall repairs on the A9 at Drumochter will now begin on Tuesday 17 March.
See full details here:
NEXT WEEK: Resurfacing works at #M8 Junction 3:
⛔ Eastbound carriageway closure, Junction 3A to 3
📆 17, 18, 19 and 20 March
🕗 20:30-06:00
⛔ Junction 3 eastbound off-slip closure
📆 23 to 27 March, 30 and 31 March
🕗20:30-06:00
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UPDATE: Access restrictions to the car park beneath Galafoot Bridge on the #A6091 are now expected to continue for four weeks.
Snow affecting the #A9 Drumochter just now - we have gritters out treating routes and dealing with any snow but please #DriveSafe & #TakeCare!
With Snow and ice affecting most of our routes across the network - we'll have 51 spreaders out dealing with any wintery conditions throughout the night❄️
@trafficscotland gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
Please drive to conditions and #TakeCare if out! #WinterInfo
UPDATE: Due to recent poor weather forecast, overnight surfacing on the #A9 North of Calvine is now expected to be completed by the morning of Wednesday 18 March.
Full details:
Streetlighting upgrades at #M8 Junction 2:
📆 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.
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UPDATE: Due to changes in the wider programme, overnight surfacing on the #A84 at Cambusbeg will now start on Tuesday 24 March.
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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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