First fines handed out for Edinburgh pavement parking
More than 200 drivers have already been fined for parking on pavements, beside dropped kerbs or for double parking since Edinburgh began enforcing new parking laws last week. The Scotsman newspaper reports Edinburgh Council has told it that between the start of enforcement on Monday, 29 January and Tuesday, 6 February, a total of 218 […]
Groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of £22.68m Aurs Road transformation
Construction work to transform a road in East Renfrewshire is underway, with the road now closed for 12 months until December 2024. The groundbreaking ceremony at Aurs Road between Barrhead and Newton Mearns took place on 12January 2024, with East Renfrewshire Council Leader Owen O’Donnell meeting with civil engineering experts GRAHAM who have been appointed […]
Scottish Government urged to halt LEZ introduction
There are calls for the Scottish Government to “pause and review” plans to introduce low emission zones in Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen, as official figures show air quality levels are within legal limits in all three cities. The Scottish Mail on Sunday quotes Scotland’s transport spokesman Graham Simpson as saying: “The Scottish Government’s own data […]
Scottish Conservative leader criticises delays to A96 dualling plans
A year after the Scottish Government said it would reveal its plan for the under-threat A96 dualling project, Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has called the delay “completely unacceptable”. The Inverness Courier newspaper says the outcome of the A96 Corridor Review had been promised to be published “by the end of 2022”, according to the […]
GRAHAM appointed to deliver £22.68m Aurs Road upgrade
Construction and civil engineering company GRAHAM has been awarded a contract to deliver a £22.68 million upgrade of Aurs Road between Barrhead and Newton Mearns by East Renfrewshire Council. Commencing on 8 January 2024, the project will see GRAHAM’s engineering team transform of the route from a winding, single carriage road to a safer, straighter road […]
Six Scottish places get Levelling Up funding for regeneration and transport
Six regeneration and transport projects across Scotland are set to receive almost £122 million from the third round of the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund. Proposals for Moray, North and South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish borders have each been awarded a share of the fund, which will see upgrades […]
Sustrans says active travel must be part of Scotland’s journey to net zero
A new report by Sustrans shows that walking, wheeling and cycling could cut around a quarter of car emissions in Scotland. Karen McGregor, Director of Sustrans Scotland, has written a blog explaining “the positive impact the switch to active travel could have on communities and the environment”. Read it here: A new report from Sustrans […]
Scottish road casualties up 10% year-on-year
New figures show there were 5,621 road casualties reported across Scotland in 2022, which is 506, or ten per cent higher than 2021, although down 51% compared to 2013. Analysts suggest the increase in casualties in 2022 may be linked to the higher levels of traffic seen in 2022 compared with 2021. The Department for […]
Campaigners worry for Scottish road safety as police patrol numbers drop
Campaigners in Scotland are expressing fears over the impact of cuts to road traffic officer numbers in the country over the last decade. Figures obtained by BBC Scotland News reveal there were 548 officers in June – 14% less than in March 2014. The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) and road safety charity Brake told […]
Irish minister to learn average speed lessons from Scotland
Ireland’s Justice Minister Helen McEntee is to travel to Scotland to find out more about how average speed cameras have been used to make roads safer in the country. Talking to journalists at Ireland’s National Ploughing Championships, Ms McEntee called the summer “really awful” when it comes to road deaths. “We need to do everything […]
