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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 … Continued

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, … Continued

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 … Continued

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 … Continued

WORKS POSTPONED: These works will be rescheduled during March, as a knock-on result of other works in the programme being extended due to adverse weather. Overnight carriageway closure Friday 18 February 2022 Motorists using the M9 southbound at Junction 10 Craigforth are set to benefit from an improved road surface, with resurfacing works planned for … Continued

Overnight works on Wednesday 2 March 2022 Overnight works to renew the road surface on the A702 at Boghall Farm in Midlothian are planned for the night of Wednesday 2 March. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will carry out the project, with all works to be completed between 19.30 and 06.30. For the safety … Continued

WORKS RESCHEDULED: Due to adverse weather, these works will now take place from Wednesday 2 to Friday 11 March from 19:30 to 06:00, with no works planned on Saturday or Sunday night (8 nights in total). Overnight northbound closures scheduled for 1-4 March The A1 is set to benefit from an improved road surface, with … Continued

Overnight road closures Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 February 2022 Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is planning to resurface 100 metres of the A876 at the North Approach Junction in Kincardine on the nights of Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 February. To ensure the safety of the workforce and members of the travelling public, … Continued

Three overnight carriageway closures begin Tuesday 15 February 2022 A section of the southbound M9 is to benefit from a £200,000 Transport Scotland investment in resurfacing improvements, with operating company BEAR Scotland planning to renew approximately 0.7 kilometres of the trunk road. For the safety of workers and road users, the southbound carriageway of the … Continued

Works rescheduled: Overnight closure of M90 northbound Thursday 24 March 2022 The northbound carriageway of the M90 approaching M90 Junction 1A Queensferry will be closed on the night of Thursday 24 March, to allow defective sign panels to be repaired on overhead gantries. The M90 northbound will be closed from M9 Junction 1A Kirkliston to … Continued

Three nights of slip road closures begin Wednesday 23 February 2022 Three nights of work to renew the road surface on slip roads at Millerhill Junction on the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass are set to begin on Wednesday 23 February. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will carry out the project, with all works to … Continued

Overnight southbound carriageway closure Friday 11 February 2022 Overnight carriageway repairs on the southbound A1 at Old Craighall Junction are planned for the night of Friday 11 February. The work will take place between 20:00 and 06:30. During these hours, traffic will be diverted off the A1 at Old Craighall Junction via the southbound off-slip … Continued