Transport Scotland

A new transport hub at Muir Street, Motherwell is open and providing improved facilities for residents, visitors and businesses.

Footway and road safety improvements on the A78 at the Ardgowan Road in Wemyss Bay have begun. The work is being undertaken by Amey, on behalf of Transport Scotland as part of the Network Management Contract for the South-West Trunk Road Unit.

Civil engineers have said they knew “for many years” that the Scottish Government's aim to dual the A9 by 2025 would not be met and that the “glacial” progress on the project could well be deliberate.

The Scottish Government has launched extra investment to make walking, wheeling and cycling for everyday transport easier than ever before.

Sixteen new projects which help improve Scotland’s timber transport infrastructure, decarbonise the forestry sector and take pressure off rural roads used by communities, have been given a funding boost. The projects will create new haulage routes away from busy villages, build passing places

The ongoing project to transform Ardrossan Harbour has reached an important stage.

The construction of a debris flow shelter has been announced as the preferred option for the long-term solution to address the challenges at the A83 Rest and Be Thankful.

Transport Scotland is moving ahead with industry engagement ahead of the new procurement for the A9 Dualling: Tomatin to Moy contract.

Works on the replacement of vital infrastructure at Uig harbour have achieved a significant milestone this week. The first stage of works to prepare for the replacement of the vessel linkspan has been completed and ferry services to and from Uig Harbour can resume from 23 March.

East Renfrewshire Council has started work on the second phase of active travel improvements to Ayr Road in Newton Mearns.

Transport Scotland has awarded the £16.85 million contract to replace an 80-metre section of the Kincardine Bridge to Balfour Beatty. The project, with main works on site expected to get underway from early summer, will involve demolishing the Kincardine Bridge’s southern piled viaduct a

Winchburgh’s new M9 motorway junction, ‘Junction 1B’, has opened for northbound local access, with southbound routes into Winchburgh to follow in the next couple of months.

The Scottish Government is to begin a new procurement competition to complete the Tomatin to Moy section of the A9 dualling programme after the single tender submission received was deemed not to be of good value.

BAM has celebrated the completion of its 15th new station in 15 years on Scotland’s Railway with the opening of Inverness Airport Station.

Transport minister Jenny Gilruth chaired the latest meeting of the A83 Taskforce in Arrochar to provide an update on medium-term solutions for the Rest and be Thankful.