Transport Scotland

Following the announcement of the preferred route option for the A9 Dualling Pass of Birnam to Tay Crossing scheme, and the exhibitions held in Birnam earlier this year, local communities and road users will have the chance to see and comment on the development of the design for this challenging se

Balfour Beatty has been awarded a £185 million contract by Transport Scotland to dual the A9 between Tomatin and Moy in the Scottish Highlands, approximately 21 kilometres (13 miles) south of Inverness.

A series of events will be held later this year to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the Forth Road Bridge.

A £5.5 million contract has been awarded in an effort to determine a long-term solution to landslide risks at the Rest And Be Thankful.

Preparatory work is underway to acquire the land required to build the Nairn Bypass, along with initial work to determine the most suitable procurement option for delivering it.

Work to return the M8 in Glasgow to full traffic capacity will continue until 2026 with the project now expected to cost between £126-£152 million. Transport Scotland said the installation of temporary propping systems at the M8 Woodside Viaducts has been further delayed after ongoing de

Details for long-awaited work to improve the traffic flow across the Swallow Roundabout in Dundee have been announced with a date for work to start confirmed. The project will begin on Monday 17th June and is expected to complete in summer 2025.

Cabinet secretary for transport Fiona Hyslop visited the Rest and Be Thankful this week to see first-hand the upgraded section of the diversionary route for the A83 – as the first phase of the medium term works near completion.

More than 40 landowners, including Transport Scotland, SSE Renewables, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, and Tomatin Distillery were invited to meet by representatives of the Strathdearn community to encourage communication and transparency around community benefits from land in the area. The even

The taskforce assembled to take forward the paused project to redevelop Ardrossan Harbour has met to discuss the next steps for the planned upgrade of the facility.

The Scottish Plant Owners Association (SPOA) has published a plant industry best practice guide to bridge strike avoidance in an effort to educate the plant industry, reduce the estimated 2,000 road and railway bridge strikes that occur each year, and keep members of the plant industry and all road

Transport Scotland has alerted construction contractors and their supply chains to the next procurement opportunity associated with the A9 Dualling programme.

Work on a new bus only link that connects Raigmore Hospital to Raigmore Estate has been completed. The project is funded by Transport Scotland’s Bus Partnership Fund (BPF) and delivered by the Bus Service Improvement Partnership (BSIP) Group, comprised of the Highland Council, NHS Highland, HI

As the first phase of the medium term works to improve the resilience of the Old Military Road at the A83 continue, detailed ground investigations to inform the next phase of the work are to get underway next month.

A series of public engagement events will let the public see the progress being made in developing a long-term solution (LTS) to the landslip risks at the A83 Rest and Be Thankful.