Transport Scotland has named Bear Scotland and Amey as the preferred bidders to take over its improved roads maintenance contracts in the North West and North East respectively.
The cables on the north tower of the Queensferry Crossing have been cleaned in a bid to mitigate the build up of ice this winter.
The Forth Road Bridge will be closed to traffic for 12 hours today for works to replace expansion joints.
Transport Scotland’s roads operator Bear Scotland undertook a mammoth clear up operation in order to briefly reopen the diversion route for the A83 at Rest and Be Thankful over the weekend following landslip on both roads.
Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has said that work to repair a slope failure which closed the A83 at Glen Croe in January last year has been completed.
Heavy rainfall is thought to have triggered major landslides that blocked the A83 at Rest and Be Thankful in Scotland on Tuesday night resulting in a 95km diversion route.
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