A96 Between Huntly and Keith | Overnight Woodland Management

Amey is undertaking a programme of overnight woodland management at several locations along the A96 between Huntly and Keith until January 2027.

The £295,000 project, which Amey is carrying out on behalf of Transport Scotland, will trim and remove areas of woodland adjacent to the A96 for the safety of the travelling public and to improve driver visibility.

Traffic management

To ensure the safety of roadworkers and motorists, the work will be carried out under temporary traffic lights between 6.30pm and 6.30am on weeknights only. Traffic management will be removed during the daytime.

As work progresses, traffic management will move along the A96, with temporary traffic lights and crawler lane closures required at different locations. The planned arrangements are:

• 12-17 October: Crawler lane closure from the junction east of Drumdelgie for approximately 500m.
   
• 19-22 October: Temporary two-way traffic lights and crawler lane restrictions approximately 1.5km south of Cairnie, covering around 500m.
   
• 26-27 October: Temporary two-way and three-way traffic lights at the Bin Avenue junction in Cairnie, extending approximately 400m north along the A96.
   
• 28-29 October: Temporary two-way traffic lights at the junction leading onto the A96 from the underpass approximately 1.5km west of Cairnie.
   
• 2-6 November: Temporary traffic lights at various locations along the A96, including junctions and underpass crossings.
   
• 9-20 November: A crawler lane closure followed by temporary traffic lights approximately 0.5km east of the B9115 junction, covering around 600m.
   
• 23 November-4 December: Temporary traffic lights will be in place approximately 0.5km east of the B9115 junction.
   
• 7-22 December: Temporary traffic lights and crawler lane closures approximately 2.2km west of Cairnie.
   
• 11-22 January 2027: Temporary two-way traffic lights at the southern end of Keith.

Please note that all works are weather dependent and may be cancelled or rescheduled if conditions are not favourable.