Work to upgrade the Balvraid Road (U2829) will be carried out during the summer of 2022. This is to aid timber extraction from Glenkirk Forest and is funded by the Scottish government’s Strategic Timber Transport Scheme (STTS). Weekly schedules will be published here.
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| U2829 Balvraid Road STTS | |||||||
| Week Commencing | |||||||
| 22/08/2022 | See ‘Balvraid STTS-Work Sectors’ for Sector locations | ||||||
| Culverts | Widening | Surface Passing Places | Patching | Overlays | Ditching | Notes | |
| Friday 19 Aug 2022 | 1 | ||||||
| Saturday 20 Aug 2022 | |||||||
| Sunday 21 Aug 2022 | |||||||
| Monday 22 Aug 2022 | 1 | ||||||
| Tuesday 23 Aug 2022 | 1 | ||||||
| Wednesday 24 Aug 2022 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Thursday 25 Aug 2022 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Friday 26 Aug 2022 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Saturday 27 Aug 2022 | |||||||
| Notes on Delays | |||||||
| Culverts | Minor Delays – steel plates used to allow vehicles to cross | ||||||
| Widening | Minor Delays – Improving passing opportunities, excavator on road | ||||||
| Surface Passing Places | Moderate Delays – Paver and Lorries surfacing widened areas | ||||||
| Patching | Moderate Delays – Planer removing surface / paver laying surfacing | ||||||
| Overlays | Severe Delays – Once paver machine has started the lorry needs to empty and the surface cooled | ||||||
| Ditching | Minor delays – excavator on road |
Stuart Bell BSc CEng MICE
Senior EngineerArvikaconsult Ltd
stuart@arvikaconsult.co
