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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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Throwing objects out of your car window risks damaging property or harming people.
Please help keep our workforce safe and #GiveYourLittlerALift
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Our Trunk Road Incident Support Service (TRISS) responds to issues on trunk roads to help wherever they can.
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❄️Temperatures will be low on the higher ground of the North West this evening
🚛We'll have 10 gritters carrying out treatments with a further 10 patrol vehicles monitoring conditions overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
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The Trunk Road Incident Support Service (TRISS) operates on key routes 12 hours a day to provide help wherever it’s needed.
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UPDATE: These works were completed ahead of schedule last night, so the planned overnight closures of the #A801 tonight and on Monday will no longer go ahead.
UPDATE: Due to changes in the programme of works, overnight resurfacing on the #A83 at Ardgenavan is now expected to be completed by the morning of Tuesday 10 February.
Traffic lights are put in place to keep road users safe around roadworks. Comply with red lights and don’t put yourself or anyone else in harm's way.
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‼️ UPDATE: Due to recent adverse weather conditions impacting the works programme, an additional night of works will be required on the #A7 south of Hawick on Tuesday 10 February, between 19:30 and 06:00.
With the wintery weather drawing in, here are out top tips on keeping you are your car safe when driving behind a gritter
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UPDATE: Due to the poor weather forecast, works on the #A85 north of Madderty will not go ahead tonight, Thursday 5 February.
Works are now expected to be completed by Wednesday 11 February.
UPDATE: Due to changes in the wider programme, overnight surfacing on the #A84 at Cambusbeg will now start on Wednesday 25 February.
❄️Temperatures will be low across the North West this evening with a risk of sleet and snow in places
🚛We'll have 18 gritters carrying out treatments with a further 18 patrol vehicles monitoring conditions overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
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❄️Temperatures will be low across the South East trunk roads this evening with snow forecast on higher ground
🚛We'll have 7 gritters carrying out treatments with further 6 patrol vehicles monitoring conditions overnight
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
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Reminder: Overnight surfacing on the #A84 at Cambusbeg starts next week on Thursday 12 February.
🚦 Two-way traffic lights system with convoy in place throughout
Full details:
🚨 Major works on the #M9 🚨
Please #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👇
BEAR Scotlands winter fleet is vital to preparing trunk roads for winter weather and helping clear roads
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During the winter months the sun is low in the sky, this causes poor visibility. Make sure you keep sunglasses in your car.
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UPDATE ‼️: Due to a change to our wider resurfacing programme these works will now begin one day later, on Wed 11 Feb
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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