Weather update

Schools closed:

Caithness:  Thurso High; Wick High; Bower PS, Castsletown PS, Crossroads PS, Hillhead PS, Keiss PS, Mount Pleasant PS, North PS, Wick, Pulteneytown Academy PS, Wick, South PS, Wick, Watten PS

Sutherland: Farr High, Kinlochbervie High, Lairg PS, Melvich PS, Tongue PS

Ross and Cromarty: Achiltibuie PS, Tore PS, Lochcarron PS

Skye and Lochalsh: Elgol PS, Glenelg PS, Loch Duich PS, Sleat

Lochaber:  Ardnamurchan High, Kinlochleven High, Lochaber High, Mallaig High,  Acharacle PS, Ardgour PS, Arisaig PS,  Kinlochleven PS, Duror PS, Invergarry PS, Kilchoan PS, Lady Lovat PS, Lochaline PS, Mallaig PS, Roy Bridge PS, St Brides PS,, Upper Achintore PS

Inverness:  Foyers PS, Kirkhill PS, Strathdearn PS, Stratherrick PS

Badenoch and Strathspey: Gergask PS, Laggan

Lighting column on Millburn Road, Inverness:  Our lighting team are removing brackets and lanterns from 7 10m high lighting columns on Millburn Road, Inverness near the Harbour Road roundabout. This results from the collapse of one 10m lighting column into the yard of Robertsons at the Harbour Road/Millburn Road Roundabout.

Service Point closures:  Mallaig, Fort Augustus, Gairloch, Lochcarron .

Service Centre:  Our Service Centre, Alness, which handles telephone calls, will be open until 6 pm and will be open between 9 am and noon tomorrow (Saturday).

A 82 closure:  The programmed closure of the A 82 between Fort William and Glasgow due to the removal of a dangerous rockface 7 miles south of Fort William has been brought forward to 3 pm today.  The road had been closed yesterday due to a separate incident nearby involving a landslide but re-opened between noon and 3 pm today.  The road had been due to close at 10 pm tonight.  The road will reopen on Monday at 6 am.

Roads Report - Highlands and Islands - 9 December 2011 - 1400
 
Below is a list of the roads currently closed in the Highlands and Islands:

Mainland

A890 Strome Ferry between A87 Junction and Strathcarron

B9007 Carrbridge - Ferness

C38 Cairngorm Ski road

A82 at Corran Ferry (partial opening between noon and 3pm)

Beallach Na Ba (Applecross to Tornacross)

Orkney - Unclassified road at Weyland Bay, Kirkwall

B9047 Hoy to South Walls at the causeway

High winds caution on Kessock and Skye Bridges.

Other routes are affected by snow, ice or surface water and drivers are urged to take extra care.

The Traffic Scotland website is an excellent resource for up to date information about trunk roads www.trafficscotland.org or phone 0800 028 1414.