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Part of the main arterial route between Scotland and England re-opened to traffic at over six hours ahead of schedule following the first planned closure of the road in its 50 year history. As part of the £500 million M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project, the M74 was closed to traffic in both d

Planning submitted for Aviemore Premier Inn LMA Architects have submitted a planning application for a new Premier Inn in Aviemore.

An underwater tunnel linking Mull to the mainland is being proposed as a solution to the island’s continuing transport problems, the Herald has reported. Islanders have long campaigned for ferry timetable improvements and, although ferry operator CalMac has put on extra summer sailings, the winter

Michael Laird Architects have unveiled plans for a residential-led mixed use redevelopment of land owned by Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh. The practice has prepared a planning in principle application for the redevelopment of land at Dundas Street/Fettes Row.

An Angus building firm boss was spared jail for a second drink-driving offence because his business would suffer. The Courier has reported that Craig Hill from Lunanhead appeared at Forfar Sheriff Court and admitted driving while more than three times the limit in the village of Kingsmuir on Septemb

UCATT protesters outside the £212m Dumfries hospital project earlier this month Scottish Labour MSP Colin Smyth has tabled a Parliamentary motion criticising Laing O'Rourke's decision not to allow union officials access to the £212 million Dumfries hospital project site.

A new £17 million Regional Performance Centre for Sport in Dundee looks set to get the go-ahead after the centre was recommended for approval. Dundee City Council’s development management committee meets on Monday to decide the fate of the project.

Industry contractor T Clarke has reported "steady, but cautious" improvements in its core markets despite uncertainty surrounding the UK's decision to leave the EU. The company revealed it has a "strong order book" of over £300 million as its performance "continues to be in line with the Board's ex

Scottish Government reporters have published their recommendations on Fife’s local development strategy. Among the recommendations is a proposal to remove the site for the replacement Madras College at Pipeland in St Andrews; the site has been reinstated as green belt land with no development prop

Andrew Davison Collapsed Dundee specialist engineering firm the Galloway Group and its associated firms owe external creditors £17.6 million, according to administrators Ernst & Young.

Glasgow City Council has announced a £16 million programme to repair at least 20,000 potholes. Around £8m had already been committed to tackle defects in the current financial year and today’s announcement doubles this year’s spending.

Green light for nearly 200 homes on Cambuslang Hoover site Planning permission has been approved for almost 200 houses to be built on the former Hoover site in Cambuslang.

Students will be able to take a theme park-style slide between floors rather than the stairs at a Glasgow halls of residence, according to The Herald. The 15ft-high slide features twirling loops and looks like something out of a water park rather than a traditional hall of residence.

An Edinburgh builder who stole almost £120,000 of VAT that he had charged his customers has been jailed for 20 months after he was investigated by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). David Hay, 56, from Hyvot Grove, ran firms that oversaw major building and renovation works in Edinburgh, Northern Irelan

Charitable trust IMPACT Scotland and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO) have developed a proposal to create a new “world-class” arts centre in the heart of Edinburgh. The facility, set immediately behind Dundas House at 36 St Andrew Square, would be the new home of the SCO, as well as