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Overnight carriageway closures 1, 2 and 3 March 2022 A section of the westbound M8 between Junction 4a and Harthill services is set to benefit from a £200,000 Transport Scotland investment in resurfacing improvements, which will take place alongside ongoing upgrades to safety barriers in the central reservation. For the safety of workers and road … Read Full Article

Overnight road closures until Monday 28 February 2022 Overnight road closures are being implemented on a 1.1km section of the A702 south of Biggar while essential carriageway resurfacing works are carried out. BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, commenced the works on the night of Tuesday 22 February and expects to complete the job on … Read Full Article

Works start Friday 25 February for three nights 24 hour on-slip and lane closures in place for safety     The M90 Junction 3 northbound on-slip is set to benefit from surfacing improvements worth £185,000, with works expected to get underway on Friday 25 February at 7.30pm The improvements will address defects in the surface … Read Full Article

Resurfacing improvements worth over £900,000 Close engagement with Borders communities BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s trunk road operating company, has successfully delivered two major road improvement schemes on the A7 through Teviothead and Hawick, following close engagement with communities along the key Borders route. The schemes saw a total of 3.1km of road resurfaced and 4,100 … Read Full Article

Thursday 24 February – 9.20am   A83 AT REST AND BE THANKFUL TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER CONVOY CONTROL ON THE A83 TODAY (THURSDAY) AND OVERNIGHT DUE TO FORECAST HEAVY SNOW     Given the heavy snow forecast today, convoy control operations on the A83 will continue through today and overnight.  Journey times through the … Read Full Article

Works start Monday 28 February for one week     Two sections of the A95 near Cromdale are to benefit from surfacing improvements with works set to get underway on Monday 28 February at 7.30pm. The improvements will address defects in the road surface on the A95 south of Cromdale and the A95 north of … Read Full Article

Cable cleaning found to have beneficial effect More work required to quantify impact Engineers responsible for the Queensferry Crossing have expressed cautious optimism at the results of recent tests of methods to mitigate against ice accreting on the bridge’s cables and towers. Laboratory tests have confirmed that cleaning the cables does have a beneficial effect, … Read Full Article

Works start on Tuesday 22 February for one day   Essential repairs are set to be conducted on the A9 River Tay Bridge near Dunkeld with works set to get underway tomorrow, Tuesday 22 February. The repairs will involve teams removing and replacing the existing joint sealant, such that the movement joints remain protected for … Read Full Article

Tuesday 1 March ADVERSE WEATHER IMPACTS ONGOING SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS ON THE A82 BETWEEN GLENCOE AND FORT WILLIAM   Please be advised that adverse weather last week impacted ongoing surfacing operations on the A82 between Glencoe and Fort William. The project was expected to be completed by Monday 14 March, however works are now anticipated to … Read Full Article

These works have been extended by one night due to recent adverse weather. The same closure and diversion will be in place on the night of Thursday 24 February. Two overnight slip road closures begin Tuesday 22 February 2022 BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is set to resurface 0.8 kilometres of the westbound slip … Read Full Article

Northbound carriageway closure Saturday 19 February 2022 Southbound carriageway closure Sunday 20 February 2022 Overnight carriageway closures will be in place on the M9 on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 February, as part of the project to replace bearings and safety barriers on the bridge that carries the eastbound M876 over the M9 at Junction … Read Full Article

Tuesday 15 February   OVERNIGHT SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED FOR A96 PITCAPLE RESCHEDULED DUE TO FORECAST ADVERSE WEATHER   Please be advised that overnight surfacing improvements planned for a section of the A96 in Pitcaple, outlined in the release below, have been rescheduled. The project had been programmed to get underway from Sunday 13 February over … Read Full Article