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Research competition for student engineers 06/05/2015 Second year undergraduate civil engineering students from across Scotland are being offered the opportunity to win a place on The Road Maintenance Research Working Group.
Forth Road Bridge shut till New Year amid safety fears 04/12/2015 The Forth Road Bridge is to shut until the New Year for repairs following the discovery of defective steelwork.
Campaign group calls for 20mph limit in Scotland 08/06/2016 Road safety group 20’s Plenty for Us has called on the Scottish government to change the national speed limit from 30mph to 20mph on urban roads.
Drivers using first stretch of newly dualled A9 10/10/2016 Motorists are now able to drive on the first stretch of new road to be constructed as part of the A9 dualling project in Scotland.
Fugro wins A9 ground investigation contract 04/11/2016 Fugro will carry out ground investigations on Transport Scotland’s project to dual the A9 between Perth and Inverness after being awarded a contract.
Cycling plan for Scotland unveiled 17/01/2017 Transport Scotland has refreshed its Cycling Action Plan with an aim of having 10% of everyday journeys made by bike by 2020.
Multi-million A9 dualling contract up for grabs 02/03/2017 The Scottish Government's A9 Dualling Programme continues to make progress with the start of procurement for the next section of the road to be dualled.
Clyde Tunnel "needs open heart surgery" 07/03/2017 A councillor in Glasgow is warning that the city's Clyde Tunnel will not last ten years if it does not get funding to give it "open heart surgery".
Finishing line for £745m Aberdeen bypass put back to the autumn 23/03/2018 The Scottish Government has announced a new, six-month delay on the troubled £745m Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) project.
Scotland continues safety push with £500k fund 23/08/2018 The Scottish Government has launched a new round of funding to improve road safety in the country.
Scotland no closer to sustainable transport goal 04/09/2018 The Scottish Government has acknowledged it must work harder to develop a sustainable transport network after its attempts to persuade people to leave their cars at home made little impact.
Eight out of A9: Designs for £3bn dualling near completion 06/09/2018 The Scottish Government has published draft orders for the penultimate section of its programme to upgrade the A9 between Perth and Inverness as it finalises the design of the last section.

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Scottish government

Research competition for student engineers

Forth Road Bridge shut till New Year amid safety fears

Campaign group calls for 20mph limit in Scotland

Drivers using first stretch of newly dualled A9

Fugro wins A9 ground investigation contract

Cycling plan for Scotland unveiled

Multi-million A9 dualling contract up for grabs

Clyde Tunnel "needs open heart surgery"

Finishing line for £745m Aberdeen bypass put back to the autumn

Scotland continues safety push with £500k fund

Scotland no closer to sustainable transport goal

Eight out of A9: Designs for £3bn dualling near completion