Local firm appointed to lead Inverness footway works

TORVEAN Civil Engineering has been appointed by Highland Council to carry out footway works at Hilton in Inverness. The work, which will be carried out...

New Thornliebank Road bridge opens seven weeks ahead of schedule

THE new Thornliebank Road bridge has been opened seven weeks ahead of schedule following the completion of a £5.5 million project. Network Rail and Story...
M8 Woodside Viaducts

WSP UK to provide technical advisory services for permanent repair to M8 Woodside Viaducts

WSP UK has been awarded a contract by Transport Scotland to provide technical advisory services for a permanent repair to the M8 Woodside Viaducts. This...

Bridge over Aberdeen-Dundee railway line successfully demolished

NETWORK Rail has demolished a bridge over the Aberdeen-Dundee railway line at Craigo Road in Marykirk. Engineers removed the 'old, worn-out' structure and craned in...

Two Glasgow bridges to be strengthened in £2.3m project

A £2.3 million project to strengthen and repaint two bridges in the south side of Glasgow is to get underway this month (June). Network Rail...

Cost of project to return Glasgow’s M8 to full capacity rises to £126-156m

THE cost of the project to return Glasgow's M8 to full capacity now stands at £126-152 million, Transport Scotland has said. Ongoing design and construction...
Community celebrating bridge opening

New bridge tipped to fuel Winchburgh growth

THE new bridge connecting to Winchburgh and which spans both the Union Canal and Glasgow-Edinburgh railway line has been officially opened. Community representatives, designers, consultants,...
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Bridges to be demolished and rebuilt as part of £140m East Kilbride enhancement project

TWO railway bridges are to be demolished and replaced with more modern structures this weekend as part of Network Rail's £140 million East Kilbride...

Edinburgh-headquartered firm appointed as lead designer on £21.4m Glasgow project

IRONSIDE Farrar Limited has been appointed as lead designer on the £21.4 million avenues plus project in Glasgow. The project will look to link the...

New Levenmouth bridge delayed as firm enters administration

THE firm building the new active travel bridge connecting Methilhill to the new Cameron Bridge Railway Station has gone into administration, meaning that the...

Beam installation marks major milestone in Winchburgh masterplan

SCOTLAND'S largest placemaking project has marked another milestone with work underway to install five concrete beams - each weighing more than 100 tonnes -...

BEAR Scotland boosts south east team with new appointments

BEAR Scotland has boosted its senior team with two 'key' appointments in its bridges team delivering the Scottish trunk road network management contract for...

Beneath the surface — bitumen emulsions and road resilience

By Rick Ashton, bitumen division market development manager at TotalEnergies Marketing UK THE UK’s local road network, and the highways authorities responsible for them, face...
Stockingfield Bridge

Glasgow’s Stockingfield Bridge reaches quarter of a million journeys milestone

AROUND 240,000 active journeys are predicted to have been made via Glasgow's Stockinfield Bridge in 2023, new data from Sustrans has revealed. The findings come...

Glasgow eyes moving away from ‘car-dominated’ city centre

PEDESTRIANS having priorities over vehicles has been placed at the heart of plans to transform Glasgow city centre. Glasgow City Council's proposal for a people...

Work begins on £19.4m cycle route linking east and west Edinburgh

BALFOUR Beatty has commenced work on a major new cycling and walking route linking the east and west of Edinburgh. Once complete, the £19.4 million...

RSPB drops objection to work at nature reserve following ‘serious concerns’ being answered

THE Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has withdrawn its objection to the 10 mile Crubenmore to Kincraig A9 dualling scheme. The charity...

Portable dam used to complete first phase of £2.4m viaduct repair project

NETWORK Rail engineers have successfully completed the first phase of repair works on the Redbridge Viaduct in the Scottish Borders. The project involved a portable...

Walking and cycling network contributed £1.9 billion to Scottish economy

USERS of Scotland's national walking and cycling network contributed £1.9 billion to local economies across Scotland in 2019, a new report has revealed. NatureScot, Sustrans...
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Work to begin on £5.2m footbridge over Levenmouth railway

WORK is to begin this month on the build of a new £5.2 million footbridge over the Levenmouth railway between Kirkland and Mountfleurie. The Mountfleurie footbridge...