Traffic and Travel

The £345m Borderlands Deal announced last week WON’T be used to finally turn the A75 into a dual carriageway as many hoped.

Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson has written to Dumfries and Galloway Council asking why they did not respond to a Freedom of Information Request into the level of potholes in the region.

Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson has welcomed the news that the village of Springholm is set to benefit from a programme of major resurfacing works.

Two drivers escaped with their lives after a crash which blocked the A75 Gretna - Stanraer Euro-route for more than four hours on Wednesday.

Progress on giving Stranraer harbour and marina the multi-million pound upgrade it badly needs is “painfully slow”, it was claimed this week.

The EIS teaching union has urged Dumfries and Galloway Council not to introduce work place parking charges.

A man has died in hospital more than three weeks after a two-vehicle crash on the A75 near Newton Stewart.

It’s time to get serious about upgrading the road network in South West Scotland.

Vehicles belonging to staff working in shops and offices in Newton Stewart are still cluttering up the main street, blocking parking spaces for up to nine hours, Cree Valley Community Council heard this week.

Ferry operator Stena Line say ongoing roadworks and disruption on the A77 and A75 trunk roads is now ‘debilitating’ to its port operations.

Deer might be amongst the most attractive wildlife to wander our countryside but Dumfries and Galloway drivers have to told to regard them as a deadly road hazard.

Bosses at Stena Line have slammed the lack of investment in the roads to and from Cairnryan.

Dumfries & Galloway residents are being asked to have their say about the future of Scottish Government-funded free transport.

Resurfacing of the A77 south of Cairnryan from Beoch to Drummuckloch is set to start next week.

Issues with pedestrians crossing the Cree Bridge will continue for the foreseeable future in light of the news that the Sparling Bridge is to be replaced with a new construction next year.

Roadworks on the A77 at Cairnryan have been completed a day early.

Cree Valley Community Council decided last month at an emergency meeting to ask the local authority for a new Sparling Bridge, even though this would delay the work until 2018.