Transport Scotland

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.

A £1.94 billion Contract Notice is inviting contractors to bid for a new Framework Agreement to deliver the remaining approximately 58 miles of the A9 dualling programme. The announcement follows news in January that the remaining sections of the A9 Dualling yet to commence procurement would b

A consultation opened this week on the Fort William Integrated Transport Plan (ITP) aimed at improving infrastructure and connectivity in and around the town.

Scottish Borders Council is continuing work to explore the potential extension of the Borders Railway to Hawick and Carlisle.

Road users and local communities are being invited to view and have their say on early options for the permanent intervention for the M8 Woodside Viaducts in Glasgow. Public exhibitions will be held next week providing the opportunity for the public to learn more about the approach to developing a l

Scottish Borders Council’s Active Travel and Transport Team have successfully secured Tier 2 Construction Active Travel Infrastructure Funding (ATIF) from Transport Scotland to support the next phase of construction on the Active Travel Corridor - Lauder to Oxton. Scheduled to start this week,

Transport Scotland has awarded a £1.1 million ground investigation works contract to Causeway Geotech Ltd to support the ongoing design and assessment work for the A75 Springholm and Crocketford Improvements project. The work is expected to start in March and will last for a period of approxim

The A9 Dualling: Tay Crossing to Ballinluig project is the fourth section of the A9 Dualling Programme to enter construction.