Roadworks

Since April 2021, BEAR Scotland has delivered over £13m of resurfacing, safety improvements and maintenance schemes on behalf of Transport Scotland across many different routes and structures on the South East trunk road network. Thirty-eight resurfacing projects have been undertaken, including major projects on the A1 and A68. These surfacing improvements have addressed and repaired … Continued

A90 Gateside slip roads to New Grange  Works begin Sunday 11 July     A section of the southbound A90 south of Forfar near Invereighty is set to benefit from carriageway surfacing improvements with work set to get underway from Sunday. The project will address a section of the route from the Gateside slip roads … Continued

Overnight slip road closure on Friday 9 and Monday 12 July 2021 Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland has announced plans to renew worn out surfacing on the northbound slip road leaving the M9 at Junction 9. For the safety of workers and motorists during these works, the northbound off-slip at M9 Junction 9 will … Continued

£245,000 SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS Works start on Wednesday 7 July for seven days     Motorists using the A835 between Braemore Hall and Letters Junction are to benefit from an improved road surface as £245,000 worth of resurfacing works are set to get underway tomorrow. The project will see almost two kilometres of carriageway resurfaced north … Continued

Three overnight road closures to begin Monday 12 July 2021 BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is set to resurface one kilometre of the M80 southbound near the River Carron over three nights, starting on Monday 12 July. For the safety of workers and road users, the M80 will be closed southbound between M9 Junction … Continued

Five-week programme commences 11 July 2021 Work to be completed over 16 phases A five-week programme of overnight maintenance on the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass is scheduled to begin on Sunday 11 July. The work will be carried out in 16 phases, with overnight closures on a different section of the bypass in each phase. … Continued

£45,000 OVERNIGHT SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS Works start Wednesday 7 July for two nights     A section of the A9 northbound near Burnside Lodge is to benefit from an improved road surface with works set to get underway on Wednesday. The £45,000 project will address defects in the road surface on the northbound section of the … Continued

£15,000 OVERNIGHT SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS Works to take place overnight on Wednesday 7 July     The A9 southbound slip roads at Sheriffmuir Junction are set to benefit from surfacing improvements worth £15,000 with work due to get underway next week. The project will involve teams carrying out essential surfacing improvements to ensure the integrity and … Continued

£95,000 OVERNIGHT SURFACING IMPROVEMENTS Works start Sunday 4 July for three nights   A section of the A9 northbound near Auchterarder is to benefit from surfacing improvements worth £95,000 with work set to get underway from Sunday. The improvements will address defects in the road surface on the northbound section of the A9 after Auchterarder … Continued

Overnight weekday road closures for 4 nights: 5-8 July 2021 Convoy operation for one night: 9 July 2021 Resurfacing works on the A1 at Thorntonloch will now be completed over five nights, instead of seven nights as previously advertised. Road closures will still be required between 7:30pm and 6:30am on four nights from 5-8 July, … Continued

Bridge closed to vehicular traffic Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 July 2021 Bridge will remain open to cyclists and pedestrians The A9000 Forth Road Bridge will be closed to vehicular traffic from 06:00 on Thursday 15 July until 06:00 on Sunday 18 July, as part of the ongoing project to replace the main expansion joints. … Continued

Daytime temporary traffic lights on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 July 2021 Temporary traffic lights will be in place on the A7 from Hawick High school to the Sandbed Roundabout between 09:30 and 15:30 on Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 July. This is to allow Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland to carry out coring … Continued