Kessock Bridge works to take four months longer than planned
Scottish roads contractor BEAR Scotland has announced a new timetable for essential safety improvements on Kessock Bridge on the A9 which crosses the Firth of Beauly, north of Inverness. The project involves structural strengthening within all four steel towers and will also see the installation of new anemometers to measure wind speed and aid bridge […]
Urgent bridge inspection required on M90
Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is to undertake urgent investigation works on the concrete edge beam of a bridge carrying a slip road over M90 motorway in Fife. The slip road from the A823(M) eastbound onto the M90 southbound at Junction 2 Masterton will be closed between overnight on Saturday for the checks to […]
M8 roadworks delayed by weather but warnings of long delays this coming weekend
Roadworks on the M8 in Scotland’s Central Belt will go ahead as planned this coming weekend (25 to 28 October) after works this last weekend were cancelled because of Storm Ashley. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland has already successfully refurbished and re-waterproofed the westbound half of Longacre Bridge, which carries the motorway over Craigens […]
A7 lining work planned
The A7 south of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway will be closed for five nights for lining work from Monday 21 October. The project will see Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland make improvements to the standard of road markings across this section. The A7 will be closed in both directions from 7.30pm to 6am […]
M8: Major works at Harthill to finish early
Major roadworks on the M8 at Harthill are set to finish early, after Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland and their contractor Tarmac were able to allocate additional resources to the project. Westbound traffic has been restricted to a single lane since Saturday 7 September, with motorists warned to plan ahead and expect long delays. […]
A9 road safety to benefit from new road marking and solar road studs
A stretch of the A9 on the west of the Cairngorms in Scotland is due to be closed overnight for six weeks for essential road marking and the installation of new solar road studs. BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland will be working on a 7.5 mile (12km) single-lane section between the Kincraig duals […]
Temporary link road construction nears completion in Stirling
Construction of a temporary link road on the M80 at Junction 9 is expected to be complete by early next week, providing access from the M80 northbound to Pirnhall Roundabout and Stirling Services while the main slip road remains closed due to subsidence. The M80 Junction 9 northbound off-slip has been closed for safety reasons […]
BEAR Scotland to upgrade M8 junction 3 lighting
Works to upgrade street lighting on the M8 Junction 3 eastbound on-slip are due to commence on Monday 26 August for four weeks. During these works, the slip road will be closed on Monday to Friday nights between the hours of 20:00 and 06:00. A signed diversion route for traffic wishing to join the M8 […]
A85 improvement works set to begin
BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland, will start £220K worth of road improvements on the A85 trunk road West of Loch Awe on Monday 8 July. The works, which will continue for five weeks, taking place from Monday to Friday, 7am to 7pm, involve replacement of existing safety barriers, and traffic signs. Drainage will […]
A9: Flash flooding in Inverness sparks accelerated gully cleaning work
Scottish transport chiefs are to bring forward gully cleaning and “investigate the possibility” of further improvements to drains at a notorious flash-flooding spot on the A9. BEAR Scotland made the promise to accelerate its gully cleaning programme after furious motorists hit out at dangerous flooding on the southbound carriageway in Inverness on Sunday morning, says the […]
