Overnight closure on M90 as cable repair works carried out

A section of the M90 in Fife is to be closed overnight to allow for essential maintenance.

Electricity network operator SP Energy Networks is carrying out essential upgrade work to improve the network in Kelty this month.

As a result the replacement of overhead power cables, some of which are more than 70 years old, will require the M90 to be closed in both directions near to Kelty.

A 30-strong team will be deployed to carry out the essential upgrade.

To ensure the works can be carried out safely, sections of the M90 will be closed to all traffic between 10pm this Friday and 6am on Saturday.

Both the north and southbound sections of the motorway will be closed during this time.

Junctions 2A and 3 – Dunfermline, plus junction 4 at Kelty and junction 5 at Fruix will be affected.

Traffic will be diverted northbound off the M90 on to the A92 through Cowdenbeath – A909 to Kelty – and B996 and B9097 to junction 5 at Fruix.

The reverse will apply for southbound traffic with the diversion expected to add around 20 minutes to journey times.

Ross Galbraith, SP Energy Networks’ district general manager for Central and Fife, said: “These necessary works, which will replace lines and poles that have reached the end of their lives and create additional capacity, will make a real difference for the local electricity network.

“We always work to keep the impact of our works to a minimum,” he added.