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Overnight carriageway closures 5 – 12 March 2024 BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is set to start essential road improvement works on the M9 southbound carriageway before junction 1A. Works will commence on Tuesday 5 March for five nights, between the hours of 19:30 and 06:00 each night. No overnight works will take place … Continued

Update: Work on the A1 at Houndswood will require an additional night on the southbound carriageway. This is take place on Thursday 28 March. Works at South of Bankton Junction remain unaffected. Updated dates below. Overnight works from 11 to 22 & 28 March 2024 The A1 is set to benefit from carriageway improvements at … Continued

Overnight carriageway closure 28 February 2024 The southbound carriageway of the M9 will be closed between the slip roads at Junction 7 from 19:30 until 06:00 on the night of 28 February, to allow Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland to carry out patching repairs to the road surface. A signed diversion route for southbound … Continued

Lane closure for five weeks commencing 26 February 2024 Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland set to widen approximately 1.1km of the A985 footway between the junction to Charlestown and the junction to Waggon Road. The improvements will be carried out over five weeks, commencing on Monday 26th February. For the first three weeks of … Continued

Overnight slip road closure 26 February 2024 The slip road exiting the westbound M8 at Junction 3A Starlaw will be closed for investigation works between 20:30 and 06:00 on the night of Monday 26 February. A signed diversion route suitable for trunk road traffic will be in place, directing traffic to continue to M8 Junction … Continued

Temporary traffic lights from Monday 26 February 2024 for four weeks Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is set to install a new vehicle restraint system along the southbound verge of the A7, two miles south of Galashiels between The Hawthorns cottages and Boleside Road footpath. The works will be carried out over four weeks, … Continued

Overnight slip road closure Sunday 25 February 2024 The northbound on-slip at M9 Junction 1 Newbridge will be closed from 20:00 until 05:30 on the night of Sunday 25 February, to allow Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland to repair damaged roadside safety barriers. A signed diversion route for traffic wishing to join the M9 … Continued

Footway improvements and new pedestrian crossing at Buccleuch Road Temporary traffic lights for four weeks commencing 26 February 2024 Works to improve pedestrian and cycle access along the A7 Buccleuch Road in Hawick are due to commence on Monday 26 February for four weeks. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will carry out a number … Continued

Overnight carriageway closures 26 to 29 February 2024 The southbound carriageway of the A1 after Bankton Junction is set to benefit from resurfacing improvements, with four nights of roadworks planned from Monday 26 to Thursday 29 February. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will carry out the works overnight, between the hours of 19:30 and … Continued

Phased roadworks for nine weeks, commencing 19 February 2024 The next phase of the project to enhance the Queensferry Crossing traffic diversion process gets under way this month, with a series of phased roadworks on the M90 over nine weeks, beginning on 19 February. This follows last year’s successful trial of a new system of … Continued

Overnight southbound carriageway closure on night of 26 February 2024 The M9 southbound will be closed after Junction 9 Pirnhall on the night of Monday 26 February between 20:30 and 06:00, for works to replace faulty traffic sensors. The work is being carried out by Q-Free on behalf of the UK Government Department for Transport. … Continued

Trunk roads authorities welcomed the strong engagement from the people of Selkirk in a public consultation at the end of 2023 on the perceptions of using the A7 in the town on foot or on wheels. Transport Scotland and its operating company, BEAR Scotland received responses from 131 people making 244 contributions in a six-week … Continued