Official figures confirm rise in Scottish road deaths28/10/2020 Final figures for Scotland's road safety record in 2019 have confirmed that the number of people killed in crashes increased from 161 in 2018 to 165, while a further 2,016 people were seriously injured. |
Scottish road works commissioner appointed03/09/2020 Head of roads at Glasgow City Council, Kevin Hamilton, has been appointed as Scottish road works commissioner. |
A83 still closed as rain hits Rest of Scotland13/08/2020 Heavy rainfall has caused disruption and damage on roads across Scotland, with severe weather warnings exacerbating a new closure of the A83 at Rest and Be Thankful. |
Local road staffing in Scotland falls by 20%21/01/2020 A national survey of local authority roads staff in Scotland has found numbers dropped by some 20% in the last three years, with around half of the heads of department moving jobs. |
Scotland to launch national road worker training programme21/01/2020 The national Scottish Roads Training Programme is set to be launched on 29 January with the ambition of re-engineering how road operatives are qualified and how training programmes are procured. |
West Lothian uses risk-based approach to close in on targets04/12/2019 A council in Scotland has used a standardised risk-based approach template created by local officers’ body SCOTS to dramatically improve its ability to meet response times for road defects. |
Report investigates value of Scottish local network - estimated at £6bn a year25/11/2019 A project in Scotland involving key public sector bodies has outlined a framework for analysing the value of the local road network and investment and intervention programmes - including economic, social and environmental factors. |
Europe’s first full-sized autonomous bus trialled at CAV Scotland13/11/2019 Watch SMART Highways' video of Europe’s first full-sized self-driving bus demonstrated at CAV Scotland in Glasgow. |
Highland capital gets £90m roundabout upgrade27/06/2019 Transport Scotland has published details of its preferred option for a £90m scheme to address a traffic bottleneck in Inverness. |
Scotland road safety: Difficulties on journey of progress19/06/2019 Latest figures suggest Scotland achieved mixed results in road safety last year, with another record breaking drop in overall casualties but an increase in the number of people killed on the roads. |
Scotland's 20mph roll-out suffers blow31/05/2019 A national roll-out of 20mph speed limits in Scotland has suffered a blow after a key committee refused to recommend the bill. |
Scotland catches up with zero tolerance drug driving law15/01/2019 The Scottish Government has announced a zero tolerance approach for people caught driving with illegal drugs in their system. |
Consultants scoop £5m contract for Scotland's national transport plans03/01/2019 Transport Scotland has awarded the contract to support the second Strategic Transports Projects Review (STPR2) to a combined team of Jacobs and Aecom. |
Political vision needed to solve governance muddle, SCOTS chief says14/11/2018 Scotland’s local authority transport chiefs have expressed frustration at the slow pace of change over the country’s governance arrangements. |
Registration goes live on Scotland's leading traffic and infrastructure event14/09/2018 Registration has opened for one of the biggest traffic, transport and infrastructure events Scotland has ever seen. |
Call for 'common sense' as Scotland moves to ban pavement parking11/06/2018 The Scottish Government's long-awaited Transport Bill aims to ban pavement parking and strengthen the powers of the country’s roadworks tsar. |
Senior figure calls for major shake-up on Scottish roads23/04/2018 The Scottish Roads Collaboration Programme has helped oversee many changes to how roads are managed north of the border. Now its programme manager has his sights on potential national changes to governance and funding. |
Scotland 'should prepare for driverless vehicles'09/04/2018 Scotland's Transport Minister Humza Yousaf has said the next phase of road upgrading in Scotland should include the capacity to cope with the introduction of |
Councils battle to keep roads open as Emma meets the Beast01/03/2018 Councils across the country have been battling to keep their highway networks operating safely as the most severe threat of snow moved from Scotland and the North East to Wales and South West England. |
Plans for new A9 bridge over River Spey revealed08/03/2017 Proposals for a new bridge to cross the River Spey near Kingussie in the Cairngorms National Park have gone on display as part of the consultation process for the preferred option for the A9 Dualling Crubenmore to Kincraig scheme. |
Lower Thames Crossing planning application delayed after facing failure
Spending review gives £1.7bn to local roads
Newham to launch £100m framework for highways works
IHE unveils new online workshops for winter services
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