Council withdraws objection to A90 flyover
Aberdeenshire Council has withdrawn a technical objection against plans for a flyover at the blackspot A90 Laurencekirk junction in the region. The Courier newspaper reports that the council has reached agreement with Transport Scotland around replacement of a 170-year-old bridge near the A90/A937 crossing. It says campaigners hope it will now speed up progress on […]
Emails suggest A96 dualling pledge abandoned earlier than thought
It’s being claimed the promise to dual the A96 by 2030 was quietly dropped more than three years ago – even though officially the deadline hasn’t been dropped at all. The Northern Scot Newspaper in an exclusive report says it’s seen emails which show then-Transport Secretary Michael Matheson MSP, civil servants and Transport Scotland officials […]
MSP gives cautious welcome to new A9 timescales
A Labour member of the Scottish Parliament welcoming new timeframes put in place for dualling the A9 and A96, but is stressing that much of the actual construction work will not be carried out until the end of the project and MSPs need to keep the pressure on the Scottish Government until then to ensure […]
Two weeks of overnight closures planned for the M8 in Glasgow
The M8 eastbound will be closed overnight between junctions 13 and 14 from tonight (12 February) until Saturday 24 for resurfacing work. Amey is carrying out the work on the stretch north of Parkhead on behalf of Transport Scotland, which says this scheme will benefit around 32,000 road users each day, by improving the condition […]
A9 dualling review ruled out
Scotland’s Transport Secretary says there has not, and will not be, a formal internal review into why the A9 will not be dualled by the original 2025 timetable. Mairi McAllan, the SNP Transport, New Zero and Just Transition Secretary confirmed no such review has taken place after being questioned by fellow SNP MSP, Fergus Ewing. […]
Transport Scotland in A9 dualling roadshow
Communities in Northern Scotland are being invited to view plans for completing the dualling of the A9 between Perth and Inverness at venues along the corridor over the coming weeks. Transport Scotland officials will be on hand at drop in exhibitions which will be held at venues in Inverness, Aviemore, Dalwhinnie, Pitlochry and Perth between […]
Scottish island connectivity plan looks at tunnels
The Scottish Government is looking at the feasibility of building tunnels between some of its Western Isles to improve travelling between them. In its Islands Connectivity Plan it looks at whether tunnels could be built under the Sound of Harris linking the Uists and Harris/Lewis, the Sound of Barra linking Barra and the Uists and […]
Transport Scotland launches Islands Connectivity Plan
A strategic plan to improve the reliability and resilience of transport links for island communities has been published. The Islands Connectivity Plan (ICP) Strategic Approach sets out a long term vision of how ferry services, supported by other transport modes, will be delivered and improved in the future. It will replace the current Ferries Plan but will […]
SNP politician calls for Transport Scotland to open Inverness office
The Scottish Nationalist Member of the Scottish Parliament, Fergus Ewing, says that with planned building works to take place in the northeast of the country, “it makes no sense” for Transport Scotland staff to travel 168 miles from Edinburgh to Inverness and back to work on projects. Writing in the Herald Newspaper, Mr Ewing says […]
Resiliance work on A83 Rest and Be Thankful restarting
Preparatory works to realign the southern end of the temporary diversion route at the A83 Rest and Be Thankful are restarting, after a break over Christmas. The works began in the week before Christmas and are now restarting, with completion expected in the spring. It involves the construction of a new connector road from the […]