Transport

He says an effort was made to ‘to deny the delays were because of failures by anyone in government or that uber-quango Transport Scotland’.

But in what is a major positive the Scottish Government appears open to accelerating work on the deadliest sections.

Repairs on a damaged power cable that left a major Inverness city centre crossing without traffic lights are almost complete.

A gas leak has sparked the immediate closure of an Inverness road.

Thousands of Highland school and nursery children are set for another day at home as the cold snap continues.

Scammers are targeting Highland rail passengers with fake unlimited travel deals, ScotRail has warned.

But goods vehicles could see the speed limit increase on single and dual carriageways by 10mph.

The Met Office has extended a snow & ice warning into Friday for the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire. It follows widespread disruption on Thursday.

Work to restore power to faulty Inverness city centre traffic lights is continuing for a second day.

Bus services over large parts of the Highland are cancelled this morning after heavy overnight snowfalls.

Works to restore power to traffic lights at a busy Inverness city centre junction continue as motorists and pedestrians warned to take extra care.

Snow showers and ice will bring further disruption to travel in the Highlands and Moray as a yellow weather warning has been extended.

Traffic lights at a busy Inverness city centre junction are currently out of order.

Highland Council will add an Inverness city network route to its services after Stagecoach announced they would no longer be providing the service.

Weather disruption has hit flights to and from Inverness Airport today with several delays and cancellations.

Works to strengthen the bridge towers on the Kessock Bridge are underway after a delay to series of “essential works” was announced in October 2024.

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The north has been warned to expect another day of wintry conditions, as a weather warning has been extended.

Highland Council says replacements will be installed once they arrive and the weather clears.

Further wintry showers may lead to some travel disruption in the Highlands amid a yellow weather warning for snow and ice.