nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦

Full time Roads Geek 🤓 Winter Maintenance specialist ☃️ MCIHT PCQI. Opinions are my own. R/T’s not endorsements, E&OE, usual T&C’s apply 😉

[nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦 @novaecosse]

Never compromise on tyres... it’s your only contact with the road surface 😉

Fit the best you can afford 👍

20 of the Best Tyres for 2020 https://t.co/qqQms5RgLG

[Scottish Roads Archive @ScotRoadArchive]

The #A830 is the main route to Mallaig and has seen several upgrades over the years. Here's a view of the section between Arisaig & Morar, opened in May 2003 and built by Barr Construction.

Is it #Scotland's most scenic road?

#Archives

[nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦 @novaecosse]

@ScotRoadArchive Sustainability before it was fashionable.

Blasted rock was crushed and screened to produce the various aggregate sizes and gradings for the drainage, capping, sub-base, tarmac and concrete.

[nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦 @novaecosse]

@Caberfeidh3 @NWTrunkRoads @trafficscotland It’s an accommodation bridge which was built for a trunk road bypass scheme which never happened.

It’s part of the A82 asset group, and counted as an A82 structure.

[Transport Scotland @transcotland]

Transport Secretary @FionaHyslop announces @balfourbeatty is set to be appointed to dual the #A9 between #Tomatin and #Moy.

This marks the final phase in the procurement process and a major milestone for delivering #A9Dualling.

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/XY59AgcgoM

[nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦 @novaecosse]

@SETrunkRoads Starter for ten…

[Frankie Boyle Updates @frankieboyle]

It’s good that every so often we get to choose between two parties that hate us for slightly different reasons

[MetDesk @metdesk]

Millions of people are looking at the sky from the ground, Here's a view from space! #Eclipse2024 #EclipseSolar2024

[Frankie Boyle Updates @frankieboyle]

Oh God, there’s going to be an election and these ghouls are actually going to be knocking on our front doors offering different kinds of nothing

[The Courier @thecourieruk]

‘Birthday party’ held for A90 bridge traffic lights as frustration grows in Carse of Gowrie https://t.co/UAtkyJZnLF

[Scottish Canals @scottishcanals]

We're #hiring! 👋

Ready to join an organisation #likenoother? We are recruiting for lots of diverse roles across our canal network.

More info: https://t.co/apaeZp7rdm

[Richard Porter @sniffpetrol]

“And tell us more about the name of your new album…”

[nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦 @novaecosse]

@AbshireRoads Ne'er cast a cloot till May is oot...

[nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦 @novaecosse]

@HardHatAlex Last time I sat in a queue for a toll was 2008 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦 @novaecosse]

@ScotRoadArchive Different world back then…

[nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦 @novaecosse]

@linktonian @tay_road_bridge @trafficscotland I remember when we installed the original ones.

[nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦 @novaecosse]

@HardHatAlex I did the MAPS test in 2020, applied for the card in 2022 and it expires in 2027 🤣

[nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦 @novaecosse]

@HardHatAlex We’ve had to give our guys card wallets for all the different cards they have to carry.

CSCS, LISS, FISS, NPORS, NEREO, TSB, HSBC…

[nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦 @novaecosse]

@HardHatAlex CSCS Card lasts for 5 years 🤔

[nuovascozia 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇹🇺🇦 @novaecosse]

@ScotRoadArchive Schmidt Supra 4002 snowblower for the A93 has GPS guide so it knows where the edge of the road is.

[Frankie Boyle Updates @frankieboyle]

Can’t wait for HS2 to be finished and jump on a super-fast futuristic train to the defunded ruins of Birmingham