South East

27 May 2021 Overnight off-slip & lane closure on Friday 28 May 2021   The eastbound off-slip of the M8 will be closed for resurfacing for one-night by BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, between 20:30 and 06:00 on Friday 28 May. The Mainline M8 eastbound will remain open but will be reduced to one … Continued

26 May 2021 Three overnight road closures to begin Monday 31 May 2021 BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is set to resurface 0.6 kilometres of the M8 westbound at Hermiston which will take place over three nights, starting Monday 31 May. For the safety of workers and road users, the M8 will be closed … Continued

BEAR Scotland is sponsoring the Coast to Coast in 24 hours challenge (C2C24) team who are fundraising for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation in the fight against Motor Neurone Disease. On June 5, a team of eight will attempt to travel 174 miles from Portpatrick on Scotland’s west coast to Cockburnspath on the east coast within … Continued

20 May 2021 Temporary lane closure for three nights commencing Sunday 23 May 2021   As part of the barrier improvement works on the A720, a closure of the Baberton on-slip is required for three nights which will commence Sunday 23 May until Wednesday 26 May.   This element of the road safety improvement scheme … Continued

20 May 2021 Overnight road closures to commence 7-13 June 2021 The southbound carriageway of the A1 North of Tyne Bridge between Abbotsview Junction and Thistly Cross Roundabout, and the northbound carriageway between Dolphingstone junction and Wallyford junction, are set to benefit from an improved road surface. Seven nights of resurfacing works will commence from … Continued

Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland has announced a series of overnight improvement works on the A720, commencing 19 May 2021. Details of each are outlined below. 1. Resurfacing of the eastbound carriageway between Lothianburn and Straiton junctions from Wednesday 19 May. BEAR Scotland will resurface approximately 500 metres of the A720 eastbound carriageway from … Continued

Six overnight road closures from 31 May 2021 Motorists using the A1 trunk road are set to benefit from an improved road surface, with six nights of resurfacing works set to begin on Monday 31 May. The project will see Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland resurface 1 km of carriageway at Brockholes, approximately 14 … Continued

21 May 2021 UPDATE: Closure Time Change A1 Monks Muir overnight closure will now take place from 20.00 on 22 May until 06.00 23 May. Please see below for further information.     13 May 2021 Keltbray, on behalf of Scottish Power, will be carrying out essential work on a section of overhead lines between … Continued

Two overnight weekday carriageway closures 24-25 May 2021 The northbound carriageway of the A1 between Wallyford junction and Old Craighall Junction will be closed for resurfacing from 19:30 until 06:00 on the nights of Monday 24 May and Tuesday 25 May. The works will see Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland resurface a 950m section … Continued

Overnight slip road closures 18-20 May 2021 Concrete investigations on the overbridge that carries Masterton Road over the M90 at Junction 2 are set to begin on 18 May. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will carry out the works over three nights. For the safety of road workers and the travelling public, the following … Continued

Six new Ultra Low Emission Vehicles for South East Scotland BEAR Scotland has taken delivery of six new electric powered vans, bringing the total number of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles in its South East Scotland fleet to thirteen. This means that 10% of all BEAR Scotland’s vehicles in the South East are now fully electric … Continued

Looking for a new career?  We’re hiring! BEAR Scotland is bolstering its workforce in communities across South East Scotland, recruiting up to 50 new Highway Maintenance Operatives. BEAR has depots in the region at Rosyth, Queensferry, Bonnyrigg, Burghmuir near Linlithgow, St Boswells, Eyemouth and Chryston near Moodiesburn. Last year BEAR Scotland began an eight-year contract to … Continued