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UPDATE: Overnight carriageway closures on the nights of 11 and 12 September have been cancelled, in order to minimise disruption during the BBC Radio 2 in the Park event near Stirling.
A single lane closure will be in place between Junctions 8 and 9 on the night of 11 September.
Throughout August, our teams were busy. See some of what we have been up to in our monthly highlights video here.
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UPDATE: Works previously postponed on the #A7 south of Ashkirk have been reprogrammed for the night of Sunday 20 September, to allow for all road markings and studs to be completed. A road closure will be in place between Selkirk and Hawick from 19:30 to 06:00.
Bridge works on #M9 between Junctions 9 and 11:
🚧 Overnight carriageway closures 15-27 September and 11- 27 October
⏱️ Approx 12 minutes additional journey time
Full details:
The bridge carrying Moss Road over the #M9 motorway north of Stenhousemuir will be closed for refurbishment between 20:00 and 06:00 on the nights of Monday 14 to Friday 18 September.
Details:
UPDATE: Due to a poor weather forecast, works on the #A85 East of Arrivain are now cancelled tomorrow (08/09/26). Works will now finish on the evening of the Friday 11 September.
Full details here:
Overnight works to replace joints on the bridge carrying the #M9 over the River Almond between Junction 1A and 1:
⛔ Slip road closed from M9 southbound to Newbridge Roundabout
📆 7, 8 and 9 September
🕗 20:30-06:00 each night
Details:
The southbound carriageway of the #M90 motorway will be closed for resurfacing and road marking works from M90 Junction 1A (Queensferry) to M9 Junction 1A (Kirkliston). between 20:00 and 06:00 on the nights of 7 to 10 September
Details:
REMINDER: Overnight resurfacing on the #A86 east of Strathmashie starts next week on Monday 14 September.
🚧 Road closure 8pm to 6am
⏲️ Timed access at 9pm, 10pm, 11pm, midnight, 2am and 4am
Full details:
REMINDER: The southbound carriageway of the #M90 motorway will be closed for resurfacing and road marking works from M90 Junction 1A (Queensferry) to M9 Junction 1A (Kirkliston). between 20:00 and 06:00 on the nights of 7 to 10 September
Details:
REMINDER: Overnight works to replace joints on the bridge carrying the #M9 over the River Almond between Junction 1A and 1:
⛔ Slip road closed from M9 southbound to Newbridge Roundabout
📆 7, 8 and 9 September
🕗 20:30-06:00 each night
Details:
STARTING TONIGHT: #A985 Kincardine Bridge deck refurbishment:
🚦 Temporary traffic lights
🚧 Lane closures
Full overnight closures 20:00-05:00:
⛔ 7 September
⛔ 8 September
⛔ 16 October
⛔ 17 October
⛔ 24 November
Full details:
https://www.bearscot.com/kincardine-bridge-deck-refurbishment/
TONIGHT: Overnight maintenance on the #M9:
🚧 Northbound carriageway closure
📍 Junction 5-7
📆 7/8 September
🕗 19:30-06:00
Full programme here:
REMINDER: Central safety barrier replacement works are set to take place on the #A9 between Tore Roundabout and Arpafeelie Junction starting on Monday 7 September
🚦 Lane closure in both directions in place 24 hours a day
See full details:
REMINDER: Resurfacing on the #A85 at Dalveich start tomorrow, Monday 7 September
🚧 Overnight road closures with amnesties in place until Wednesday 16 September
🚦 Two-way traffic lights from Wednesday 16 September to Tuesday 29 September
Full details:
REMINDER: Drainage improvements on the #A82 at Rose Cottage, Inverarnan, start tomorrow, Monday 7 September.
🚦 Traffic lights between 8am and 4:30pm.
Full details:
REMINDER: Overnight resurfacing on the #A9 south of Ruthven, near Kingussie, starts tomorrow, Sunday 6 September.
🚚 Lane closures with convoy 8pm to 6am
More information:
#A9 broken down vehicle has now been recovered, traffic congestion remains high at present in the area @PerthandKinross @trafficscotland @PSOSTayside
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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