Transport Scotland

A contractor has been appointed to carry out ground investigations later this month as part of the A96 Dualling Inverness to Nairn (including Nairn Bypass) scheme. Raeburn Drilling & Geotechnical Ltd will undertake the two contracts totalling £3.1 million for this stretch of the A96. One contra

Transport Scotland has published a contract notice inviting bids from construction companies for an upgrade to the A737. The A737 Den Realignment project involves upgrades to approximately one km of the existing A737 between Beith and Dalry, including new junctions.

Extending the Borders railway will be one of the options considered by a new study looking at improving transport provision in the south of Scotland across all modes including road, rail and public transport. Transport Scotland today announced the intention to award the contract to Jacobs UK Ltd. Su

A contractor has been selected to take forward further vital ground investigation work as part of the A90/A96 Haudagain Improvement scheme. Transport Scotland has announced the award of a £213,000 ground investigation contract to Environmental Reclamation Services (ERS) Ltd.

An industry day is being held in Perth today to inform prospective contractors of the huge potential the £3 billion A9 Dualling Programme can offer their businesses. Transport Scotland will tell representatives from across the construction industry more about the next multi-million contract to dual

A full investigation has been launched into the cause of an accident which resulted in a worker on the new Aberdeen bypass being taken to hospital yesterday. Emergency crews were called out following reports that the man had become trapped after being crushed by part of a pipe.

Finance secretary Derek Mackay observing barrier repairs on the M8 Scotland’s trunk roads are set for a maintenance investment boost with a rise in funding for improvements across the network.

The new Raith Underpass at Junction 5 of the M74 has been officially opened following a complex and challenging three-year construction programme. Set to dramatically improve the heavily congested junction near Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, the new A725 underpass, which runs below the M74 motorway,

Drivers are to be diverted off the M8 and A8 in Glasgow for ten weeks as contractors connect the newly built M8 to the existing motorway at Baillieston Interchange. The project, which forms part of the M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project, will see both east and westbound traffic on the M8/A8 di

Transport Scotland is advertising for a suitable contractor to take on a £9 million programme of works to replace the expansion joints on the Forth Road Bridge. The contract is due to be awarded in autumn 2017, with a start on site in spring 2018 for eight months.

Engineers building the new Queensferry Crossing have said there are no guarantees the bridge will open in May but added that the timetable is “realistic”. Initially expected to be ready last December, the £1.325 billion project’s completion was postponed after bad weather delayed work.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon presents the ICE People’s Choice Award to the winning team behind the Forth Road Bridge repair The reopening of the Forth Road Bridge has been voted by the public as the greatest civil engineering achievement of 2016.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHaG_BCFELE Glasgow City Council’s executive committee has today approved funding support of up to £10 million for the early delivery of a new rail station for Robroyston, paving the way for the delivery of almost 1,600 homes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3CsCkQzekw&feature=youtu.be New aerial video footage and photographs showing the significant construction progress achieved on central Scotland’s motorway network has released by Transport Scotland following the Scottish Government's budget announcement which w

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