£485,000 essential maintenance planned for A90 Kingsway in Dundee
Road safety barrier upgrades are planned for the A90 Kingsway in Dundee at the Kings Cross and Coupar Angus Interchanges with the project set to get underway on Sunday 3 July. The project will involve teams removing the existing road safety barriers on the A90 central reserve and replacing them with an upgraded system, ensuring […]
Further work to take place on Forth Road Bridge this summer
Work to refurbish and maintain the Forth Road Bridge will continue this summer with a project to renew the waterproofing and surfacing on its approach viaducts. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will carry out the works under a series of lane and carriageway closures from Wednesday 29 June until the end of October: One […]
BEAR Scotland awarded North West Network Management Contract by Transport Scotland
Breedon Group has announced that its associate company, BEAR Scotland (“BEAR”), has been awarded the North West Network Management Contract by Transport Scotland. BEAR has been responsible for trunk roads in the North West of Scotland since 2013, and this new Network Management Contract, starting on 16th August 2022, will run for at least eight […]
Overnight closure on major road in Edinburgh
Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland has announced two overnight closures of the westbound A720 Edinburgh City Bypass, to complete the resurfacing of the A720 westbound slip road from the A71 Calder Junction towards Gogar Roundabout. The A720 westbound slip from the A71 has been closed each night since 7 March as part of an […]
Queensferry Crossing now successfully protected from the wind
The Queensferry Crossing has remained open in high winds on more than 100 occasions when the Forth Road Bridge is likely to have closed to some or all traffic. The landmark was reached during storms in early February, which brought winds gusting up to 68mph to the Forth Bridges. The Queensferry Crossing is fitted with […]
New solutions considered for Queensferry Crossing “ice bombs”
Officials at Scotland’s Queensferry Crossing are considering fitting snow-repelling coatings or steel mesh to its 288 cables. The Scotland on Sunday newspaper has learned a French lab is testing solutions with results expected this week, but it is not known how quickly the chosen option to combat ice “accretion” on the bridge could be installed […]
WJ and BEAR Scotland lead the way in sustainable road design
A collaborative approach between road marking experts, WJ Scotland, and BEAR Scotland has brought significant carbon savings of 1,778 tonnes across Scotland’s North East Trunk Road Network. The partnership has seen BEAR Scotland use WJ’s award-winning high-performance road marking, Weatherline Plus, to enhance road safety across the north east of Scotland and align to Transport Scotland’s […]
BEAR Scotland adds to South East team with key bridges appointments
BEAR Scotland has added to its senior team with two key appointments in their bridges team to help deliver the Scottish Trunk Road Network Management Contract for the South East Unit on behalf of Transport Scotland. The South East Unit covers 314 miles of trunk roads through some of the busiest sections of the country, […]
Forth bridges ready for winter following major works
Major works on both the Forth Road Bridge and Queensferry Crossing have been completed on schedule, in advance of the winter season. Work to replace the main expansion joints on the Forth Road Bridge was completed in October, marking the conclusion of one of the biggest maintenance projects in the bridge’s history. The northbound carriageways […]
Rest and Be Thankful shut again through landslide fears
The beautiful but troubled stretch of the A83 in Scotland known as the Rest and Be Thankful is shut again because of fears of landslides, despite millions of pounds’ worth of work to try to keep it open. There’s a Met Office Yellow Warning for heavy rain which means the road has been shut until […]
