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Current phase of A83 drainage improvements between View Point Car Park and Cobbler Bridge are nearing completion. Hillside inspection has identified a new area of movement on the hillside that is being monitored closely. Traffic management in place to facilitate drainage works and hillside monitoring. Traffic management will remain until hillside movement is better understood … Read Full Article

Lane closure for two weeks commencing 18 March 2024 Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is to install a new variable message sign to provide enhanced information for drivers on the approach to the bridge that carries the A1 trunk road over the River Tyne near East Linton. The sign will be installed near Haddington, … Read Full Article

Work to improve the footway on the A985 between the junction to Charlestown and the junction to Waggon Road has been postponed until later in the year, while a question over land ownership is resolved. Temporary traffic lights that were in place since the start of the works in February have been removed and the … Read Full Article

Hard shoulder closure for six weeks, commencing 1 April 2024 Trunk road operating company BEAR Scotland is to replace over 1,000 metres of boundary fence on the eastbound M8 between Junctions 3 and 2, in an investment by Transport Scotland worth £87,000. The works will begin on Monday 1 April and are expected to continue … Read Full Article

Works to begin on Monday 18 March. Daytime lane closure with convoy On behalf of Transport Scotland, BEAR Scotland will be carrying out essential surfacing improvements on the A9 at Inverbrora, immediately south of Brora, with works set to get underway on Monday 18 of March. The project will see a new surface laid on … Read Full Article

  Works continuing until Sunday 14 April   BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is currently undertaking essential road improvement works on a 1140 metre stretch of the A9 dual carriageway south of Munlochy, just north of Kessock Bridge in Inverness.   The project involves carriageway upgrades including drainage improvements, resurfacing and refreshing road markings, … Read Full Article

Overnight lane closures for 13 Weeks from Monday 1 April 2024 Overnight slip road closures at Abbotsview, Oaktree and Gladsmuir Junctions Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is to carry out drainage improvement works on the northbound carriageway of the A1 in East Lothian, beginning on the night of Monday 1 April. Lane one of … Read Full Article

Five overnight carriageway closures commence 25 March 2024 BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is set to resurface 1.9 kilometres of the M8 westbound carriageway between Junction 1 Hermiston Gait and Ratho. To allow the works to be carried out safely, the westbound M8 between Junction 1 and Junction 2 will be closed from 20:30 … Read Full Article

  NCN7 closed 13-26 March   Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is set to carry out essential impronvements to National Cycle Network Route 7 (NCN7) near Dalnaspidal. A 2.6km section between Dalnaspidal and Dalwhinnie, adjacent to the A9, will be resurfaced. The project will take place from Wednesday 13 March for ten days, with … Read Full Article

Update: Due to poor weather forecast for tonight, Wednesday 8 May 2024, works at the North of Broadford have been cancel and will restart tomorrow. Due to this an extra night will be added to the works, on Monday 27 May 2024. Please find updated dates below. Overnight road closure in place for safety between 7pm … Read Full Article

  A835 Inverlael to Leckmelm 18-23 March (road closure with amnesties)   BEAR Scotland, acting on behalf of Transport Scotland, is carrying out essential landscape works to remove trees affected by ash dieback disease on the A835 from Inverlael to Leckmelm. This continues tree felling work on the A835 from Auchindrean to Inverlael. The scheme … Read Full Article

  Works begin Tuesday 12 March Lane closure 7pm-7am   BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland, will be carrying out drainage improvement works on the southbound A9 between Tore roundabout and the B9161 Munlochy junction from Tuesday 12 March.   The works will take place over ten nights (including Saturday and Sunday) from 7pm … Read Full Article