Link Road - Diaries

The Contractor continues to make good progress on the construction of the Link Road. The level of disruption to existing traffic flows by the Townhead traffic management arrangements were less than anticipated. My view is that a number of factors have contributed to this,...

The Contractor continues to make good progress on the construction of the Link Road. We are now entering a period when it is unavoidable that the construction work will impact on the operation of the existing road network. Woodilee Road has been closed for the past 7 weeks so...

Winter 2009 to Spring 2010 update - this is my first diary entry this year. Over the winter I got out of the routine, due to pressures of the work associated with the Kirkintilloch Link Road. A number of people have asked about the diary so I know it’s valued and missed...

It has been just over two months since I updated the diary section. I just seem to have got out of the routine on doing it weekly. The workload associated with the Kirkintilloch Link Road and the urgency associated with these tasks has made it difficult to set aside the time...

The Contractor continues to be frustrated by the weather. The amount of work he can do is limited by the intermittent heavy showers. Work is concentrated on the structures and on elements of the earthworks such as line treatment of excavated material. This is process which...

July’s weather has been disappointing. The regular heavy showers make it difficult for the contractor to progress the earthworks. Good progress made during the dry June is currently being lost. Everyone involved is fervently hoping for drier weather in August and...

As the Link Road construction work progresses the Design Team continue to look to the future. This week significant progress was made on the design and implementation of the permanent noise mitigation measures. The consultants report on these measures has been agreed with the...

Now that the KLR construction works are in full swing the focus of my work is moving towards ensuring that the works are carried out efficiently without unduly disrupting the lives of the people who live close by. Some negative impacts are inevitable but it is important that...

The full extent of the ongoing work will be a bit easier to illustrate in a couple weeks time as a full sweep of aerial photographs has been ordered and will be done on 1 July. Hopefully the weather will be good. I should be able to get these photos onto the web site for...

Work on site is moving quickly and many of the things which are progressing have an impact on the residents of the area and the people who travel through the area. KI Newsletter No. 15 regarding traffic management on Lindsaybeg Road was issued last week Recently KI realised...