Project Details

Description

The works are required to maintain the safety and integrity of a stretch of the A96 carriageway to the north of Huntly, Aberdeenshire. The carriageway is presenting signs of continual deterioration.

Construction activities will entail the resurfacing and siding out of the A96 carriageway with the activities as follows:

  • Installation of Traffic Management (TM);
  • Siding out of pavement boundary;
  • Milling of carriageway to agreed depths;
  • Resurfacing of the carriageway to existing road levels using TS2010 surface course, AC20 binder and AC32 base with targeted binder and deeper inlays in places;
  • Reinstatement of road markings, linings and studs; and
  • Removal of TM.

The following plant/machinery/vehicles may be used throughout the scheme:

  • Planer;
  • Wagon(s);
  • Bitumen tank;
  • Extrusion liner;
  • Paint tanker;
  • Paver; and
  • Roller(s).

The works are scheduled to be completed within the 2025/2026 financial year (ending on 1st April 2026) for a duration of seven to ten nights, with works being undertaken during night-time hours.

TM for the scheme is likely to entail lane closures on the A96 carriageway with contraflow and temporary traffic lighting in place.

Location

The scheme is approximately 11,500m2 located within a rural section of the A96 carriageway to the north of Huntly, Aberdeenshire, at the approximate National Grid References (NGRs) detailed below:

  • NJ 50713 41312
  • NJ 50140 42134

The scheme location is illustrated in Figure 1: