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Severe Weather Maintenance at BEAR Scotland
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Keeping Scotland Moving in Winter
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Rapid Response in the North West
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Resurfacing Roads at BEAR
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Waste Management - Green Week 2025
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Queensferry Crossing lighting upgrade - Green Week 2025
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Day in the Life of an Environmental Advisor - Green Week 2025
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After a busy night, we still have 24 gritters out monitoring conditions and patrolling for any snow - please #TakeCare and #DriveSafe
Throwing objects out of your car window risks damaging property or harming people.
Please help keep our workforce safe and #GiveYourLittlerALift
#DriveSafe
UPDATE: Works on the #A83 through Arrochar will now begin Tuesday 17 February.
Read more:
❄️Temperatures will be low across the North West trunk road network this evening with snow forecast
🚛We'll have 29 gritters carrying out treatments with a further 18 patrol vehicles monitoring conditions overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
#DriveSafe
❄️Temperatures will be low across the South East trunk roads this evening with snow forecast
🚛We'll have 45 gritters carrying out treatments with further 36 patrol vehicles monitoring conditions overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
#DriveSafe
Roadworkers are on site to maintain a safe trunk road network.
Please avoid putting roadworkers at risk by driving carefully and considerately through roadworks.
#DriveSafe
❄️ Snowy scenes on the #A85 at Glen Ogle over the weekend
It’s more than just gritters in action during wintry conditions. They work hand‑in‑hand with specialist equipment like this tractor, which plough snow ahead of the gritters, helping keep the road clear🚜
Our Trunk Road Incident Support Service (TRISS) responds to issues on trunk roads to help wherever they can.
#DriveSafe
#A82 north of Drumnadrochit - Scottish Fire and Rescue remain at the location along with our teams. Please avoid the area and follow the signed diversion route. @trafficscotland @PSOSHighland @HighlandCouncil
REMINDER: Overnight surfacing works on the #A85 between Crieff and Comrie start next week, on Mon 23 Feb.
⛔Road closures each night between 7am and 6am with hourly amnesties
🚦Traffic lights will be in place during the day on Tues 24 Feb
Full details:
UPDATE: Due to poor weather, overnight resurfacing on the #A82 south of Loch Linnhe picnic area could not go ahead last night.
Works are currently expected to be completed by the morning of Friday 27 February.
UPDATE: Due to unsuitable weather conditions, surfacing works on the #A83 at Ardgenavan could not be completed last night.
Operatives will return to complete the work as soon as conditions allow.
⚠️ Bridge works on #M8 between Junctions 3A and 4:
⛔ Overnight westbound carriageway closures
📆 18 February and 14 to 22 March
🕗 8pm-6am each night
Full details:
⚠️Update: These works will now begin Monday 16 February. Read more:
⚠️ Major works on the #M9 start this week:
#PlanAhead during major programme of resurfacing, bridge works and road marking improvements:
⛔ Overnight carriageway closures 19 February to 20 March
🚧 Weekend contraflow 21-22 February
Full details👇
Starting today: Traffic signal installation on the #A702 in Biggar
🌞 Daytime works Monday 16 February to Friday 27 March
🚦 Temporary four-way traffic signals between Park Place and Station Road
Full details here:
Very cold temperatures affecting routes - all treatments completed however we still have 18 gritters out patrolling the network for wintry conditions and carrying out extra treatments as required. Please #DriveSafe if out!
Make sure your vehicle is ready for driving in wintery conditions. Checking everything is in order can help keep you and others safe.
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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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