Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Road surface repairs continue on M90
MOTORISTS will have to endure more roadworks on the M90 when road surfacing repairs begin tomorrow.
The latest work will take place on the northbound stretch between Junction 5 (Hilton) and Junction 8 (Arlary), at a cost of around £380,000. The roadworks are scheduled to last for 12 days.
It will be the tenth major M90 roadworks project in the past two years at an estimated total cost of £3 million.
Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, said she hoped the roadworks go “smoother” than the last ones at Friarton Bridge, which resulted in “lengthy delays”.
“The M90 is a crucial transport artery and one that has been subject to a number of improvements in recent months,” she said. “Motorists readily accept that repairs are required but it’s also important that delays to commuters are kept to a minimum.”
A spokeswoman for BEAR Scotland said: “This next round of investment for the M90 will see road surfacing repairs and improvements carried out over a kilometre stretch of the carriageway and follows on from the previous phases of improvements during 2016.
“The maintenance will be carried out over 12 days to repair and improve the concrete carriageway. A contraflow system will be in place throughout.”
She continued: “The Junction 7 northbound on-slip will also be closed due to the location of the works with a signed diversion in place.
“Over the last two years we have been undertaking a series of localised resurfacing schemes to reduce defects and improve the overall surface quality of the northbound concrete carriageway.
“More than 8.3km of the 12km carriageway will have been resurfaced across nine different schemes, totalling to an investment of £3.2m from Transport Scotland.”