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UPDATE 4 March 2025: These works will be completed ahead of schedule, with the final shift now planned to take place on the night of Wednesday 5 March, two nights earlier than originally programmed. Twenty overnight road closures, 10 February to 7 March 2025 The A68 is set to benefit from carriageway improvements over a … Continued

UPDATE 7 February 2025: These works on the A1 were completed ahead of schedule last night, therefore the road will remain open tonight. 10 nights of overnight resurfacing works from 27 January to 7 February BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, will be carrying out essential carriageway improvements on the A1 at Beanston to Over … Continued

Overnight road closures Monday 20 to Friday 24 January 2025 Four overnight road closures of the A702 are planned to allow Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland to complete traffic signal installation works at the junction with the A703 near Hillend. The A702 will be closed between Lothianburn Junction on the A720 and Easter Howgate … Continued

UPDATE 23 January: Works south of Chapelhill Junction on the night of Friday 24 January have been cancelled due to forecast high winds. The remainder of the programme remains unchanged, with the works still expected to be completed on the night of Friday 31 January. Overnight road closures 20-24 & 27-31 January 2025 The A7 … Continued

Overnight Junction 5 slip road closures, 2 to 27 February 2025 BEAR Scotland, acting on behalf of Transport Scotland, is planning to install new safety barriers and remove trees along approximately 2.2km of the M9 northbound between Junctions 4 and 6, including the slip roads on and off the northbound carriageway at Junction 5 Cadger’s … Continued

Southbound off-slip closed 20:00 to 06:00 on 12 and 19 January 2025 The slip road exiting the southbound A1 at Bankton Junction near Tranent will be closed between 20:00 and 06:00 on the nights of Sunday 12 and Sunday 19 January. This is to allow Allelys Heavy Haulage to transport super grid transformers for a … Continued

Overnight slip road closures 30 December, 3 January and 6-11 January A series of northbound slip road closures is scheduled at M9 Junction 5, Cadgers Brae Roundabout, to allow Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland to carry out tree felling works. The M9 Junction 5 northbound off-slip will be closed between 19:30 and 06:00 on … Continued

UPDATE 11 February 2025: Due to unforeseen delays in the programme of works, one additional night’s closure of the A7 Commercial Road in Hawick will be required from 21:00 to 06:00 on Tuesday 11 February, between Albert Road and Dovemount Roundabout. Northbound traffic will be diverted via Albert Road and Princes Street. Southbound traffic will … Continued

Temporary reduced speed limits no longer in force Works to repair subsidence in the slip road exiting the northbound M80 at Junction 9 have been completed. The road is now open to traffic as normal and temporary speed restrictions on the M80 are no longer in force. The slip road was closed for safety on … Continued

UPDATE 10 January 2025: Works south of Braidwood Farm will now go ahead on 14-17 January and be completed over four nights instead of five as previously advertised. Overnight road closures 14-17 January and 10 to 13 February 2025 A programme of overnight resurfacing works on two areas of the A702 near its junction with … Continued

Overnight road closures 17 and 18 December 2024 The A702 south of West Linton will be closed overnight on the 17 and 18 December, to allow Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland to undertake road surfacing works as part of a major refurbishment of Westwater Bridge. The trunk road will be closed both directions at … Continued

Overnight carriageway closures 8 to 23 January 2025 A two-week programme of overnight resurfacing works on the eastbound A720 Edinburgh City Bypass near Baberton Junction is set to take place in January 2025. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will renew approximately two kilometres of the road surface east and west of Baberton Junction. The … Continued