£20m for Scottish bus infrastructure10/09/2025 £20m has been allocated by the Scottish Government to support the improvement of bus infrastructure across the country. |
£6m for Southern Scottish EV charging05/09/2025 Eight local authorities in the south of Scotland have been jointly awarded £6.3m to improve local electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. |
Transport secretary Hyslop returns for Road Expo Scotland 202503/09/2025 A keynote speech delivered by Scottish Government transport secretary Fiona Hyslop is one of the top highlights of a packed agenda for the conference. |
M8 works delayed due to 'inaccurate utility records'29/08/2025 Major works to the M8 Woodside Viaducts have been delayed once again and are now set to be completed four years behind schedule - further demonstrating the UK's ageing assets plight. |
Scotland falls behind on road safety targets28/08/2025 Transport Scotland has fallen behind on key national road safety targets due for delivery in 2030. |
Cross-pavement EV charging pilot to inform national guidance28/08/2025 Transport Scotland has announced a cross-pavement electric vehicle charging pilot that will inform national guidance on the issue to support households without off-street parking. |
Deadline for A9 Pitlochry to Killiecrankie extended22/08/2025 Transport Scotland has extended the deadline for tender submissions for the £205m A9 Pitlochry to Killiecrankie dualling contract from 4 September to 18 September. |
Scotland awards £3m to bring EV charging to remote locations15/08/2025 Transport for Scotland has awarded over £3m to a group of local authorities to support them in expanding public electric vehicle (EV) charging points. |
Scotland looks to ban non zero-emission buses from 203011/08/2025 The Scottish Government has announced it is ‘currently examining options’ to ban new non-zero-emission buses from 2030. |
National bus manufacturing panel commits to greener transport29/07/2025 Government ministers and mayors from across the UK came together to commit to ‘greener transport’ at the fifth meeting of the UK Bus Manufacturing Expert Panel. |
£205m A9 dualling contract up for grabs28/07/2025 The latest section of A9 dualling work has been tendered by Transport Scotland, with an estimated value of £205m. |
Wills Bros wins £152m A9 work21/07/2025 Wills Bros Civil Engineering has been chosen as the preferred bidder for the £152.7m contract for the fourth section of the A9 dualling programme |
Scottish active travel receives £23m boost23/06/2025 The Scottish Government has allocated £23.45m across its seven Regional Transport Partnerships (RTPs) for active travel schemes that target short, everyday journeys. |
Scotland to hand councils full road user charging powers20/06/2025 The Scottish Government has pledged to hand local roads authorities all the powers they need to introduce road user charging, having admitted that it will almost certainly fail to reach its target of a 20% reduction in car kilometres by 2030. |
£400k skills cash for decarbonising HDVs12/06/2025 Transport Scotland has announced a £400,000 skills fund to prepare workforces for the switch to zero emission heavy duty vehicles (HDVs). |
A83 Rest and Be Thankful works cause further diversions10/06/2025 Transport Scotland has announced further traffic diversions for the ongoing ground investigation works along the A83 Rest and Be Thankful. |
Scottish transport secretary calls for continued collaboration amid 2024 road casualty stats05/06/2025 New data from Transport Scotland has shown there was an increase in fatalities in 2024, despite an overall decrease in casualties from previous years. |
Draft orders published for £486m latest A9 dualling section02/06/2025 Transport Scotland has published draft orders for the latest part of the A9 dualling programme - an 8.4km section from Pass of Birnam to Tay Crossing. |
Transport Scotland announces £2m for LEZ support fund27/05/2025 Transport Scotland has allocated £2m for the re-opening of the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) Support Fund in 2025-26 to help those ‘most in need’ adapt to LEZs. |
Rest and be Thankful: Traffic diverted for start of ground investigation19/05/2025 Ground investigation works on the A83 Rest and Be Thankful Road, part of a long-term solution to landslips on the route, will see traffic diverted on to the Old Military Road (OMR) on certain days from May to August. |
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