Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Final weekend of roadworks will see more delays
MOTORISTS could face a repeat of frustrating delays caused by major roadworks which saw arterial routes surrounding Perth choked with traffic.
Thousands of drivers experienced miles of queues with traffic nose-totail on the bypass from Craigend to the Broxden roundabout on Saturday and Sunday.
Some people reported having to sit in their cars for almost an hour to travel around Perth from Bridge of Earn to the Inveralmond roundabout.
Long queues of traffic stretched back as far as the slip roads from the Friarton Bridge and the M90 motorway on to the bypass.
Bear Scotland, which is behind the £900,000 roadworks, conceded it was “inevitable” there would be disruption as a result of the month-long scheme, which began in full on June 7.
The six-phase scheme includes three, 24-hour weekend projects. The last weekend work of will begin at 7.30pm on Friday and could lead to yet more disruption.
The expansive project is required to repair roads following the “extreme winter” conditions the country faced.
The work involves resurfacing and improving road markings.
Many drivers took to social media to express their anger. Joan Blue posted on Facebook: “I joined the motorway at Bridge of Earn at 10.40am on Saturday and got to Inveralmond at 11.43am. Shocking!”
A spokeswoman for Bear Scotland advised motorists to use both lanes of the roads in order to lessen congestion and stressed the contraflow system in use is “essential” to ensure safety to the public and their staff.