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REMINDER: Overnight drainage construction on the #A85 between the junctions for Ochil View Gardens and Rectory Road in Crieff start tomorrow, Wednesday 25 February.
🚦Three-way traffic lights in place, 8pm to 6:30am.
Full details:
REMINDER: Resurfacing the #A68 south of Fala:
🚦 Temporary traffic lights 24-27 February
⛔ Overnight road closures 2-6 March
🕖 19:30-06:00 each night.
Full details:
Salt is used across Scotland to keep the roads safe and open when snow and ice come along. Our salt stores are always kept well stocked.
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Overnight drainage construction on the #A85 between the junctions for Ochil View Gardens and Rectory Road in Crieff start on Wednesday 25 February.
🚦Three-way traffic lights in place, 8pm to 6:30am.
Full details:
‼️UPDATE
Due to a poor weather forecast, these works have been cancelled for tonight, and will, weather permitting, commence again on Tues 24 Feb
‼️ UPDATE
Due to weather impacts on our programme, these works will now begin at 19:00 Wednesday 4 March, with completion due at 06:00 Friday 20 March
UPDATE: Due to poor weather, overnight resurfacing on the #A82 south of Loch Linnhe picnic area is now expected to be completed by Wednesday 4 March.
‼️ UPDATE
Due to a poor weather forecast, these works have been cancelled for tonight, and will, weather permitting, commence again on Tues 24 Feb
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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Traffic management is put in place to provide a safe working area for roadworkers and to allow motorists to pass the works safely.
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❄️Temperatures will be low on the North West trunk road network this evening
🚛We'll have 4 gritters carrying out treatments on the A9 North of Cromarty Bridge
➡️Gritter tracker: https://bit.ly/4a2QnZs
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REMINDER: Filter drain recycling works begin on the #A82 between the Cameron Club and the #B832 Junction from Monday 23 February
🚦 Temp traffic lights between the 7.30pm and 6am
No working on Sat or Sun night except the 28 Feb and 1 Mar
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Roadworkers are on site to maintain a safe trunk road network.
Please avoid putting roadworkers at risk by driving carefully and considerately through roadworks.
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‘Ice accretion” is the term used to describe when ice forms on structures like bridges.
Read more about what we are doing to address the issue on the Queensferry Crossing: https://bit.ly/46Frmmb
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REMINDER: Safety improvements will take place on the #A9 North of Inveralmond Roundabout from tonight
🚫 24 hours lane closure on northbound carriageway from Sun 22 Feb
⛔ 7pm to 7am lane closure on southbound carriageway from Sun 8 March
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BEAR Scotlands winter fleet is vital to preparing trunk roads for winter weather and helping clear roads
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REMINDER: Drainage improvement works are set to take place on the #A82 at Ben Nevis Distillery starting on Sunday 22 February for three weeks
🚦 Temporary traffic lights will be in place between 8pm and 6am each night
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🚨 Major works on the #M9 continue today:
🚧 Contraflow between Junctions 3 and 4, with traffic restricted to a single lane in each direction
⛔ Overnight carriageway closures continue until 20 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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