Road closures and diversions
Roads are potentially dangerous places in which to work. To protect the workforce, any roadworks are required to comply with government health and safety guidance and regulations.
The main guidance is the government's Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 Traffic Safety Measures and Signs for Road Works and Temporary Situations
There will be locations where a road is too narrow to enable roadworks to procede and retain the required separation between the workforce and the passing traffic. In these circumstances the local authority will be required to close the road while road repairs are carried out.
Current road closures.
This inevitably causes inconvenience to regular users of these routes. There is unfortunately no alternative if health and safety requirements are to be met and the safety of road workers is to be ensured. Steps are taken to try to minimise the time a road is closed and extensive consultation with interested parties is carried out.
For All National Travel and Traffic Information http://www.trafficscotland.org/ or http://www.roadworksscotland.org
