Highland Perthshire residents traveling on the A90 may be affected by overnight road surfacing improvements at Kinfauns.
This project will be resurfacing the road creating a safer and smoother surface for motorists taking place over 11 nights.
Ian Stewart, BEAR Scotland’s Northeast Unit Representative, said “This surfacing project at the Kinfauns Junction has been designed to improve the general condition and safety of this section of the A90 for motorists.
“The traffic management is essential to ensure the safety of both roadworks and motorists. We’ve taken steps to minimise disruption as much as possible by carrying out the works overnight, however our teams will do all they can to complete the scheme as safely and quickly as possible.”
The project time and place planned follows:
The resurfacing taking place on the A90 Tofthill to Kinfauns south bound, will implement lane closures with temporary traffic signals and a 10mph convoy will be in place during working hours. from Monday 27 June to Friday 1 July.
A90 Kinfauns Junction northbound off and on-slips will be closed during working hours. Off slip traffic will be diverted on the A90 Northbound to St madoes Junction and then onto the A90 southbound. On slip traffic will be diverted on the A90 southbound to Barnhill Junction and then onto the A90 Northbound. These closures will take place from Wednesday 29 June to Thursday 30.
A90 Kinfauns Junction southbound including off and on-slips will be closed during working hours. Off-slip traffic will be diverted on the A90 southbound to Barnhill Junction then onto the A90 northbound. On-slip traffic will be diverted on the A90 northbound to St Madoes Junction then onto the A90 southbound. Additionally, lane closures with temporary traffic lights and a 10mph convoy will be in place between the off and on-slips whilst surfacing works are undertaken on the main A90 as well as the slip roads.
The project will take place over 11nights, with works taking place between 7.30pm and 6.30 am each night, all work is expected to be completed by 6.30 am on Saturday the 9th of July.
Weather conditions may affect the resurfacing, no works are planned for Saturday the 2nd of July.
Mr Stewart went on to say “We thank motorists for their patience in advance while our teams carry out these essential improvements on the A90. We encourage road users to plan their journeys in advance by checking the Traffic Scotland website for up-to-date traffic information and allow some extra time to reach their destination.”
Real-time journey planning information can be obtained by visiting www.trafficscotland.org, twitter at @trafficscotland or via the mobile site my.trafficscotland.org.