BEAR Scotland is responsible for the management and maintenance of the North West Scotland Trunk Road Unit from April 2013.

The contract which began on 1 April 2013, has a duration of five years, extendable to a maximum of ten.

The scope of the contract includes:

• All routine inspections of the network, including safety and structural inspections
• Winter maintenance (gritting and ploughing
• Emergency Response
• All routine and cyclical maintenance
• Structural maintenance of roads and bridges
• Road improvements
• Gully emptying
• Grass cutting and weed control
• Road lighting and traffic signal maintenance
• Maintenance & Cleaning of traffic signs
• Carriageway and cycleway defect repairs
• Safety barrier repairs