ESSENTIAL BRIDGE MAINTENANCE PROJECT

A9 Kingswood Bridge, near Birnam

Work set to begin from Thursday 21 January for three weeks

 Essential maintenance works at Kingswood Rail Bridge on the A9 near Birnam are set to begin later this month.

The £80,000 project will involve essential parapet replacement and barrier upgrades to ensure the bridge, which carries the A9 dual carriageway over two local roads and the Perth-Inverness rail line, continues to operate safely for years to come.

The project is expected to last for three weeks and will commence on Thursday 21 January.

To allow the works to proceed safely, a lane closure will be required on both the southbound and northbound carriageways of the A9 with a 40mph speed restriction in place. To minimise disruption to road users, traffic management will be integrated with Transport Scotland’s existing traffic management arrangements for the A9 Dualling: Luncarty to Pass of Birnam project.

The additional 300m section of traffic management required at proximity to Kingswood Bridge will be removed upon works to the structure being completed.

Commenting on the project, Eddie Ross, BEAR Scotland’s North West Representative said: “This essential project will ensure that the Kingswood Rail Bridge remains in safe operation for users of the A9 corridor.

“To minimise the disruption experienced by road users, we’re working with the A9 Dualling: Luncarty to Pass of Birnam project team to extend the current traffic management set-up by 300m at the northern end of the project, thus creating a safe working space around the structure for our teams to work whilst also protecting road users.

“We will do everything possible to complete this essential maintenance as quickly and safely as possible.  We thank all road users for their patience in advance and we encourage them to plan ahead by checking the Traffic Scotland website for up to date journey information and leave some extra time to complete their journeys.”

Real-time journey information is available from Traffic Scotland on www.trafficscotland.org, twitter at @trafficscotland or the new mobile site my.trafficscotland.org.

The project has been planned in advance with Transport Scotland and the A9 Dualling Programme.

For more information on the A9 Dualling Programme, visit the Transport Scotland website: www.transport.gov.scot