Transport Scotland

Kevin Hamilton BSc CEng MCIHT has been appointed as Scottish Road Works Commissioner. A Chartered Engineer with over 28 years’ experience in roads engineering, Mr Hamilton will leave his role as head of roads at Glasgow City Council to take up the position.

An appraisal of eleven options to improve the resilience of the A83 Rest and Be Thankful is under way.

An independent feasibility study is under way on the building at Ayr Train Station which includes the former station hotel.

More than 250 new Amey employees were welcomed to their new roles this week following the announcement by Transport Scotland that the infrastructure and highways services company will be the new provider to inspect, maintain and improve the motorways and trunk roads across the south west of Scotland

Aberdeenshire Council has made a technical objection to one element of Transport Scotland’s proposed Laurencekirk Grade Separated Junction on the A90.

Glasgow City Council has today approved an award of up to £10 million funding from the Glasgow City Region City Deal funding to Transport Scotland for the planned refurbishment of High Street train station.

The Scottish Government has allocated £195,000 to Victa Railfreight to carry out a trial to transport timber by rail in the North of Scotland.

The Scottish Government is providing £10 million to support the rapid deployment of bus priority infrastructure by local authorities.

The Forth Road Bridge will close to traffic next month to allow two under-deck maintenance gantries on the suspended span to be removed and lowered by crane onto a barge below.

The 50th anniversary of the Kingston Bridge is being celebrated today with a bid to give the iconic structure listed as a structure of historic and architectural interest.

Contractors are to begin pre-start preparations on transport projects including the Queensferry Crossing, Forth Road Bridge and improvements to the M8, M73 and M74 as part of first phase of easing restrictions, Transport Scotland has announced.

An £8 million redevelopment of Aberdeen station is to get under way once the current coronavirus restrictions make it safe to do so, ScotRail has announced.

The Scottish Government is to fully fund a new infrastructure programme for pop-up walking and cycling routes or temporary improvements to existing routes to better enable physical distancing

Work on a new regional transport integration hub at Motherwell station is set to begin this year following the appointment of contractors Balfour Beatty.

The preferred bidders have been named for two improved road maintenance contracts in the south of Scotland worth more than £1.4 billion in total. Bear Scotland Ltd will take over the South East Unit and Amey OW Ltd will operate the South West unit. The new contracts will commence on 16th Augus