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 | |||||||
| 10/10/2022 | See ‘Balvraid STTS-Work Sectors’ for Sector locations | ||||||
| Culverts | Widening | Surface Passing Places | Patching | Overlays | Ditching | Notes | |
| Friday 07 Oct 2022 | 2 | ||||||
| Saturday 08 Oct 2022 | |||||||
| Sunday 09 Oct 2022 | |||||||
| Monday 10 Oct 2022 | 2 | ||||||
| Tuesday 11 Oct 2022 | 2/3 | ||||||
| Wednesday 12 Oct 2022 | 2/3 | ||||||
| Thursday 13 Oct 2022 | 2/3 | ||||||
| Friday 14 Oct 2022 | No Works – Long weekend | ||||||
| Saturday 15 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
