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Overnight works are taking place on the #A828 at Ledaig between 9pm and 6am on the nights between Mon 18 and Sat 30 May. Traffic will stopped for short periods throughout for safety
Full details:
REMINDER: A programme of resurfacing works on the #A82 north of Fort Augustus gets underway next month, starting Sunday 14 June.
🚧 Road closure with diversion via the A887 and A87
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TONIGHT: Overnight maintenance on the #M876:
📆 14 May
🕖 19:30-06:00
🚧 Slip road closures
📍 M9 Junction 7 southbound off-slip to M876 & M9 Junction 7 northbound on-slip to M876
Full programme:
Overnight resurfacing on three sections of the #A720 Edinburgh City Bypass:
📆 25-27 May:
📍 Lasswade westbound on-slip
📆 28-29 May, 1-5 June & 8-9 June:
📍 Eastbound approach to Sheriffhall
📆 10-12 June:
📍 Calder westbound off-slip
Details:
Overnight carriageway closures will be in place on the #M8 each night from the evening of 25 May until the morning of 14 July, to allow a variety of routine maintenance tasks.
Full programme here:
Southbound traffic on the #M90 will be diverted over the Forth Road Bridge between 22:00 and 06:00 tonight, to allow maintenance to be carried out on the Queensferry Crossing automated diversion system.
Details:
Traffic on the #M90 southbound will be diverted over the Forth Road Bridge between Junction 1B Ferrytoll and Junction 1A Queensferry from 22:00 until 06:00 tonight, to allow maintenance on the automated diversion system.
This is not expected to cause any significant delays.
‼️ REMINDER
Resurfacing set to begin south of Oaktree on the #A1 tonight for two nights.
Full details:
THIS WEEKEND: Major weekend bridge works on the #M8
🚧 Contraflow between Junctions 3A & 4A
📅 15-18 May
🕗 20:30 Friday until 06:00 Monday
🚨 Expect long delays and consider alternative routes
Full details:
TONIGHT: Overnight maintenance on the #M876:
📆 13 May
🕖 19:30-06:00
🚧 Southbound carriageway closure
📍 M876 Junction 1 – M80 Junction 8
Full programme:
The annual BEAR Scotland charity football tournament in aid of @SAMHtweets took place last week.
Eleven teams took part and £2,066 was raised for this great cause.
Read all the details here: https://bit.ly/4wqwSW8
Overnight resurfacing works will take place on the southbound #M9 between Junction 1A and Newbridge, each night from 18 to 23 May.
The works will be completed in three phases, using a combination of slip road and carriageway closures.
Details here:
UPDATE: These works on the #A702 were completed ahead of schedule last night, so no further overnight closures will be required.
REMINDER: The second phase of overnight carriageway resurfacing works on the #A83 through Arrochar start next week on Tuesday 19 May.
🚧 Overnight road closure with amnesties at 8pm, 9pm, 10pm, 11pm, midnight, 1am, 2am, 3am, 4am and 5am.
Full details:
TONIGHT: #A720 overnight maintenance:
📆 12, 13, 14, 15 May
🕗 20:00-05:30
📍 Dreghorn to Gogar westbound
Full programme:
REMINDER: Overnight carriageway improvements are set to take place on the #A9 North of Ballinluig tonight with a lane closure and 10mph convoy in place northbound between 7pm and 6am
Balchandy crossover will also be closed during this time
Full details:
The #A1 northbound carriageway between Spott Roundabout and Thistly Cross Roundabout will be closed for resurfacing between 19:30 and 06:00 on the nights of Wednesday 27 May, Thursday 28 May, Friday 29 May and Monday 1 June.
Details:
STARTING NEXT WEEK:
Overnight maintenance on the #A1:
🚧 Four weeks of overnight closures at various locations from Old Craighall to Thistly Cross Roundabout
📆 18 May to 12 June
🕗 20:30-05:30 each night
Full programme here:
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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