Transport Scotland

The cabinet secretary for Economy, Tourism and Transport, Stephen Flynn, has announced on 20 October his intention to award Wills Bros Civil Engineering Ltd the construction contract to dual the A9 between Pitlochry and Killiecrankie. The announcement marks the last phase in the procurement process

At this year’s Scottish Civil Engineering Awards, East Lothian Council and Balfour Beatty collected the accolade in the Rail Infrastructure Project category for the delivery of a new bridge and diversionary road.  The road replaced the Markle Level Crossing near East Linton. Within the bu

A new Community Skills Hub has been opened at Kindallachan, delivering a space for a variety of community, educational and wellbeing activities.

Proposals to improve Corunna Street, Minerva Street and St Vincent Crescent in Glasgow have now been unveiled, with a public consultation now open. The Connecting Yorkhill and Kelvingrove plans intend to provide safer, greener and more welcoming streets, making it easier to walk, wheel and cycle in

Work will get underway on 5 October to provide a new walking, cycling and wheeling route that will connect Bridge of Allan to Stirling.  The planned works will connect Bridge of Allan (at the junction of Keir Street and Fountain Road) with the walk, cycle, live Stirling infrastructure on Airthr

Banff and Macduff residents have been invited by Aberdeenshire Council to attend engagement sessions which will present the design for a proposed active travel bridge across the River Deveron. Following the delivery of Aberdeenshire Council’s Integrated Travel Town Masterplan approach, which h

Transport Scotland has formally invited tenders for a £1.94 billion framework agreement which will be used to procure the remaining sections of the A9 Dualling Programme between Perth and Inverness. The invitation marks the start of the final stage in the procurement process following publicat

Plans for the extension of Edinburgh’s tram network made progress this week, with the southern section of the route being the immediate area of focus. The Strategic Business Case (SBC) to build a new tram route, from Granton in the north to the Edinburgh Bioquarter in the south, was given the

Plans for a shared use path, approximately 9km in length, linking Aviemore and Carrbridge has been granted planning permission by the Cairngorms National Park Planning Committee.

The Scottish Government will invest more than £68 million to help local authorities, regional transport partnerships and national park authorities to design and construct new active travel infrastructure.

Proposals to improve safety at the busy Toll of Birness junction on the A90 north of Ellon are the subject of a new public consultation.

Dundee Football Club managing director John Nelms said the club have done everything in its power in a new planning bid for a 12,500-seat stadium at Camperdown Park.

Transport Scotland has been urged to publish the completed technical modelling on the M8 Woodside Viaducts and fully test all three options before any final decision is made.  The Viaducts, built in 1971 between Craighall and Charing Cross, carry around 150,000 vehicles a day and have been prop

The new Balgray station in Barrhead is set to open weeks ahead of schedule, with final preparations now underway before it welcomes its first passengers.

Local residents and road users are being invited to view and have their say on updated route options designs for bypasses for the villages of Springholm and Crocketford on the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway as initial design and assessment work progresses.