Plugged-In Communities: £4m to decarbonise transport
Community transport operators are invited to apply for Scottish Government funding to invest in zero emission vehicles and charging infrastructure. The latest round of the Plugged-in Communities Fund makes £4 million available for the purchase or lease of electric vehicles, including wheelchair accessible vehicles, and the associated charging infrastructure. Since the launch of the Plugged-in […]
Highlands: T-plates plan will encourage safer driving
Tourists driving in the Scottish Highlands are being encouraged to display “T-plates” in the hope it will reduce accidents. The signs, which feature a green letter T and have “tourist” written at the bottom, are intended to alert other road users that the driver might not be familiar with Scotland’s roads, says the BBC. It […]
Eight local authorities receive share of £6.3m Scottish Government EV charging funding
The Scottish Government has awarded £6.3m to group of eight local authorities to improve public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in the south of Scotland. The funding will support the installation of 1,770 additional public charge points across the region, with the councils working in partnership with the private sector. The South of Scotland Electric […]
A83: Road re-opens after Monday’s landslide closure
Following a clean up operation and safety inspections carried out by BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland, the A83 reopened at 9.30am this morning after a series of landslides. To protect the public, the A83 had been closed between Ardgartan and the A815 Dunoon road end due to several landslides caused by intense rainfall […]
M8 lane closures announced to allow streetlighting upgrade
Essential works to upgrade streetlighting on the slip road from the M9 southbound onto the M8 eastbound at Junction 2 near Ratho, Edinburgh, will begin on the night of Monday 15 September and continue until the night of Friday 26 September. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will carry out the works. On the nights […]
Next phase of essential ground investigation work at A83 Rest and Be Thankful to begin next week
Road users travelling on the A83 at the Rest and Be Thankful are advised that essential ground investigation work currently being undertaken in the area will require traffic to be diverted onto the Old Military Road (OMR) between 0800 and 1800 on 26 and 27 August as the essential work continues on the hillside above […]
Scottish Government provides £40 million boost for zero emission buses
The Scottish Government has announced a further investment of up to £40 million through the second Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB2). It is estimated that this investment could bring as many as 300 zero-emission buses to Scotland’s bus operators. This latest investment builds on the success of the ScotZEB scheme to date, which has already […]
Borders town needs a second one-way system to ease gridlock, says Councillor
Calls are being made for a second one-way system to be considered in Selkirk. Just weeks after Transport Scotland announced it was taking forward plans for a new roads system around Selkirk high street, a local councillor is pushing for similar changes on other streets. Damage to parked cars and gridlock are regularly reported around […]
Over-budget A77 safety improvements a success – Transport Scotland
Roadworks that caused months of delays on the A77 in Ayrshire have come in more than £200,000 over budget, although Transport Scotland have hailed the road safety junction improvements at Doonholm Road and Corton Road a ‘success’. A freedom of information request from Ayrshire Live revealed that the total spend for the project was £847,441.20 – £222,422.59 more […]
Data required to drive investment in HGV charging
Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) operators are being urged to help drive forward the transition to battery electric trucks, by providing researchers with essential data. The Centre for Sustainable Road Freight at Heriot-Watt University has published the second of three reports commissioned by Transport Scotland, and is calling for fleets to provide more information to guide the […]