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              
26/09/2022 See ‘Balvraid STTS-Work Sectors’ for Sector locations            
  Culverts Widening Surface Passing Places Patching Overlays Ditching Notes
Friday 23 Sep 2022 1 1       1  
Saturday 24 Sep 2022              
Sunday 25 Sep 2022              
Monday 26 Sep 2022 1 1       1  
Tuesday 27 Sep 2022 1,2 1,2          
Wednesday 28 Sep 2022 1,2 1,2          
Thursday 29 Sep 2022 1,2 1,2          
Friday 30 Sep 2022 2 2          
Saturday 01 Oct 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            

Information supplied by:

Stuart Bell BSc CEng MICE
Senior EngineerArvikaconsult Ltd
stuart@arvikaconsult.co