South East

Overnight slip road closures on 13 and 14 January 2022 BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is planning to resurface two sections of the M90 Junction 2A off-slip over two nights, commencing Thursday 13 January. A total of 0.6 kilometres of carriageway will be resurfaced. To ensure the safety of roadworkers as well as the … Continued

One night road closure on Wednesday 12 January 2021 Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is planning to resurface the A68 Drygrange Bridge on the night of Wednesday 12 January. Drygrange Bridge carries the A68 over the River Tweed north of Ravenswood roundabout. A total of 300 metres of carriageway will be resurfaced. To ensure … Continued

Wednesday 22 December UPDATE: WORKS POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT CONDITIONS Please note: in a further change to previously advertised arrangements the southbound closure of the M90 was completed successfully on Tuesday 21 December. The planned northbound closure on Wednesday 22 December has had to be postponed due to inclement weather. The works will be rescheduled and an … Continued

Overnight closure of M90 northbound Wednesday 12 January 2022 pThe northbound carriageway of the M90 approaching M90 Junction 1A Queensferry will be closed on the night of Wednesday 12 January, to allow defective sign panels to be repaired on overhead gantries. The M90 northbound will be closed from M9 Junction 1A Kirkliston to M90 Junction … Continued

Over the last year BEAR Scotland has engaged with over 4,000 school pupils and teachers through its education outreach programme. Educational materials have been produced, online sessions have been delivered, and BEAR has worked with schools to develop engineering activities and challenges for the curriculum. A package of new materials has been produced for schools … Continued

In the final quarter of 2021, BEAR Scotland has delivered resurfacing and safety improvements across a number of different routes in the South East. Resurfacing projects spanned sections of motorways including the M8, M9, M80 and M876, and carriageway enhancements on other key routes including the A1, A68, A7, A702, A720 and A876. Maintenance and … Continued

Overnight works Thursday 16 December 2021 Overnight works to reinstate traffic counters on the A823(M) between Pitreavie Roundabout and M90 Junction 2 are scheduled for Thursday 16 December 2021. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will carry out the works, which are scheduled to last one night. Working hours will be between 19:30 and 06:00. … Continued

Overnight road closure Wednesday 15 December 2021 Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is planning to install traffic counters on a recently resurfaced section of the M90 northbound carriageway near Kirkliston on the night of Wednesday 15 December. For the safety of workers and road users, the M90 will be closed northbound between M9 Junction … Continued

Overnight carriageway repairs Friday 10 December 2021 The slip road from the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass onto the northbound A1 at Old Craighall Junction will be closed for carriageway repairs on the night of Friday 10 December. This closure will be in place from 20:00 on Friday 10 December until 06:30 on Saturday 11 December. … Continued

Diversion via Forth Road Bridge on night of Saturday 11 December 2021 Trial aims to speed up process if Queensferry Crossing closes Laboratory tests on ice mitigation methods scheduled Traffic using the M90 will be diverted over the Forth Road Bridge on the night of Saturday 11 December, in a trial of measures designed to … Continued

Overnight closures to allow jacking of bridge deck on 6, 9 and 10 December 2021 50mph speed limit and overnight lane closures to continue until end of April 2022 The eastbound M876 will be closed from 20:30 until 06:00 on the nights of 6, 9 and 10 December, while the bridge deck is jacked up … Continued

Overnight roadworks 14-17 December 2021 The A1 is set to benefit from an improved road surface, with four nights of resurfacing works in three locations set to begin on Tuesday 14 December. The works will see Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland resurface 800m of carriageway at Cockburnspath, Tower Farm and Coldingham, creating smoother and … Continued