1811 News Items

A full closure of the bridge is being put into effect after midnight on Thursday December 3, 2015.

AWPR/B-T bridge will keep disruption to a minimumA new temporary bridge will be installed across the A96 this weekend between Dyce Drive roundabout and Kirkhill Forest to help keep traffic moving during Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) construction works.

Roads Project kick-starts ‘Road Safety Week’Scottish Roads Partnership (SRP), the company responsible for building the £500 million M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project is supporting national Road Safety Week (23 – 29 Nov) by launching a poster design competition for children in local primary schools.

Motorists Reminded to Expect Delays on A8/M8, M73 and M74Transport Scotland, the national transport agency for Scotland, is reminding road users in Central Scotland to use caution and to drive safely when approaching and driving through works on its major trunk roads, ahead of National Road Safety Week (23 – 29 Nov.)

Major works progress to next stageThe contraflow currently in operation on the M74 northbound carriageway, between the off and on slip roads at Junction 5, Raith, is scheduled to switch to the southbound carriageway this weekend (21/22 November 2015) and will remain in place for approximately nine months.

Examples of bridge options being developed to cross the River Spey near Kingussie will go on display this week as part of the consultation process for the A9 Dualling Crubenmore to Kincraig scheme.

“The nation’s cycling infrastructure is in line for a real boost with a new Scottish Government competition designed to encourage more people to cycle for short journeys” Transport Minister Derek Mackay said in Edinburgh today (Thursday 12 November).

Tain Railway Station (c.1864), built and opened that year by the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway (Picture source - Tain & District Museum)Tain railway station in Easter Ross will receive a new lease of life today (11 November), as a new restaurant opens in its disused building thanks to the Station Community Regeneration Fund.

The Service Quality Incentive Regime (SQUIRE) reports will now be made publicly available from the Transport Scotland website

Traffic management will be in place on the A90 at Charleston overnight on Friday 6 November and overnight on Saturday 7 November so that Scottish and Southern Energy can remove and replace overhead power cables to accommodate the AWPR/B-T project.