Bear Scotland announces three weeks of night-time road closures on the A9 at Raigmore Interchange, Inverness
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A KEY section of the A9 is to close at night for three weeks while essential bridge maintenance is carried out.
Bear Scotland engineers are due to begin work on the Raigmore Interchange next week.
And the road will be closed from 7pm to 7am on week nights from Monday, November 16 while work to replace existing bridge deck joints are carried out.
Engineers say the work will ensure "the continued safe operation of the structures in the years to come".
The project is expected to be completed by December 2. The road will be open as normal during daytimes, and no work is planned for Saturday or Sunday nights.
During the work there will be phased overnight closures of the northbound and southbound carriageways with signed diversions through Raigmore Interchange roundabout.
The closures will allow safe working access to remove the existing bridge joints and fit replacements.
Eddie Ross, Bear Scotland’s north-west representative, said: “This essential project will allow our teams to safely replace the bridge joints on the A9 Raigmore Interchange overbridges, ensuring they remain safe in operation for years to come.
“The overnight road closures are essential, ensuring the safety of our workforce as well as motorists. We’ve taken steps to minimise disruption to motorists as much as possible by phasing the closures of each carriageway. We’ve also programmed the works to take place overnight and have avoided weekend working.
“Our teams will do all they can to complete the project as quickly and safely as possible and we thank road users for their patience in advance while we carry out these works.
"We would also encourage motorists to plan ahead before setting out by checking the Traffic Scotland website for up to date travel information and allow some extra time to reach their destination.”
Real time journey information is available from Traffic Scotland on www.trafficscotland.org, twitter at @trafficscotland or the new mobile site my.trafficscotland.org.
