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Friday 10 September   £60,000 ESSENTIAL MAINTENANCE PLANNED FOR M90 COCKLAW OVERBRIDGE NEAR KELTY RESCHEDULED   Please be advised that due to operational reasons the £60,000 essential maintenance planned for the M90 Cocklaw Overbridge located at Junction 4 Kelty, have been rescheduled. The essential maintenance will now begin on Tuesday 28 September and will take … Continued

Works start Monday 13 September for three weeks Two-way temporary traffic lights required for safety                                                                                                                                      Essential maintenance worth £110,000 is planned for the A90 Slug Road overbridge with the project set to get underway on Monday 13 September. The project will involve teams upgrading the current bridge parapet and safety barrier system on the … Continued

Works to continue for three weeks     A footway refurbishment project on a section of the A92 southbound footway between Letham Junction and Fernie Castle Junction in Fife is underway this week. The £20,000 project will involve teams resurfacing a 700m section of the southbound footway next to the A92, creating a safer route … Continued

Temporary ‘no right turn’ to be trialled at central reservation and junction Project to start on Sunday 20 June for two weeks     A road safety project on the A9 at the southern junction with the A824 Auchterarder is set to get underway later this month.   The project will involve the temporary closure … Continued

£75,000 DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS Works start Monday 31 May over four weeks   A section of the A90 northbound carriageway north of Dundee is set to benefit from drainage improvements worth £75,000 with works set to get underway next week. The project will involve teams upgrading the drainage system on the northbound carriageway of the A90 … Continued

A new project has been proposed which will involve upgrading a stretch of verge on the A96 near Lhanbryde into a shared use footway and cycleway. The proposed project will involve the construction of a 2m wide shared use footway and cycleway over a 750m stretch from Lhanbryde eastwards adjacent to the A96. The new … Continued

Friday 7 May   RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE AT C49 STAR ROAD (TOFTHILL) FOR A92 BALFARG ROAD SAFETY PROJECT EXTENDED BY ONE WEEK   Please be advised that restrictions currently in place at Star Road (C49), Tofthill, as part of the ongoing A92 Balfarg road safety project will be extended by one week due to operational … Continued

Work to take up to seven days A road safety project on the A90 Gallowfauld south of Forfar is underway this week. The project will see improvements to the central reservation safety barrier between Happas Road and Gallowfauld, ensuring the integrity and safety of the trunk road network is maintained. The safety improvements began on … Continued

Overnight works start Monday 26 April for five nights     Five nights of routine maintenance and bridge inspections for the M90 Junction 10 Craigend Interchange and Friarton Bridge near Perth are scheduled to get underway next week.   The project will allow teams to carry out cyclic maintenance and inspections on the bridges and … Continued

Spring 2021   The Spring issue of North East Connection, BEAR Scotland’s Newsletter for the North East Trunk Road Unit is out now! Read more about the latest news from the North East network, including a round-up of our winter service as well as a look back at some of the surfacing projects carried out and … Continued

£200,000 IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PLANNED FOR A96 FOCHABERS OLD BRIDGE Project starts Thursday 25 March for five weeks   Major improvements worth £200,000 are set to take place on the A96 Fochabers Old Bridge, the old footbridge over the River Spey, with works scheduled to begin next week.   The project will involve teams carrying out … Continued

Friday 12 March ESSENTIAL MAINTEANCE PLANNED FOR A92 LOCHGELLY OVERBRIDGE IN FIFE POSTPONED BY ONE WEEK   Please be advised that due to weather delays impacting other schemes across the network the planned maintenance project for the A92 Lochgelly Overbridge, outlined in the release below, has been postponed by one week.   The project, which … Continued