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"Survey work underway now on the A9 will cover the equivalent of 30,000 football fields" said Transport Minister Keith Brown during a visit to Drumochter today.

The A77 will close between the Dutch House roundabout at Monkton to the Bellfield roundabout this weekend as part of a £10.6 million improvement scheme on the key arterial route between Glasgow and Stranraer.

Ground investigations are underway at Berriedale Braes, on the northernmost section of the A9, to help identify a solution to the hairpin bend.

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced the Scottish Government is entering into talks to safeguard around 1,400 jobs by bringing Prestwick Airport into public ownership.

Road users and communities across the central belt are being given the opportunity to look at the plans for the M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements project through a series of public exhibitions kicking off tomorrow in Baillieston.

Road users in Scotland can look forward to a more co-ordinated response to the Winter weather this year, thanks to the National Traffic Scotland Control Centre in South Queensferry.

Transport Minister Keith Brown has today announced £1.9 million investment in the next financial year to help support commercial hauliers in the Western Isles, Coll and Tiree

Overnight construction works will continue on the £9.2m A82 Pulpit Rock Improvement scheme between Monday 7 October and Monday 21 October.

Keith Brown says the start of work in the last few days on another road improvement scheme on the A82 underlines the Scottish Government’s commitment to improving transport connections right across Scotland.

Transport Minister Keith Brown has today announced a three year winter pilot ferry service between Mallaig and Lochboisdale will start from this winter.