Roadworks to start next week at busy Thurso junction
Roadworks lasting up to three weeks are due to get under way on Monday at the busy A9/A836 Tesco junction in Thurso.
It will be the final instalment of a Transport Scotland project costing more than £170,000, aimed at improving safety and promoting active travel on the trunk road network.
Work on the main part of the junction scheme went on for more than three months and was completed earlier this year.
A note issued by BEAR Scotland, the trunk road maintenance firm, stated: “The remainder of the work to install a new footway in the A9 northbound verge adjacent to Tesco is to commence. This will complete a circular footway route from Millbank without the need to enter the Tesco car park or cross the A9 road.
“There will also be some replacement of roadside signage and installation of guard rails at the island of the A836 as part of these works.
“The works are due to start on Monday, September 9, 2024, and will take up to three weeks to complete, weather permitting. The works will generally take place between Monday and Friday from 9.30am to 4pm. No works will be undertaken at the weekend.
“Due to the nature of the works some activities may be undertaken in the evening from 7pm but noisy operations would stop at 11pm.
“To provide a safe work area for our staff and the public, we will need to turn off the permanent traffic signals and replace these with temporary ones and include lane closures. The temporary traffic signals will be removed outwith work hours and the permanent traffic signals will be switched back on.
“This arrangement will allow us to better manage traffic and queues as well as allowing us to remove these promptly should it be required.
“These essential works will complete the recent improvements at the A9/A836 Castletown junction which took place earlier this year.”
Matthew Reiss, who represents Thurso and Northwest Caithness on Highland Council, said: “It will be good to see this project concluded, and everyone hopes that the finished layout will be safe and work effectively for traffic at this important junction.”
