Final Phase of Works to Enhance Queensferry Crossing Diversion Process

The final phase of the project to make it easier to divert Queensferry Crossing traffic over the Forth Road Bridge gets under way this month, with a series of roadworks on the M90 beginning on 8 April, followed by a full trial of the new diversion process on the night of Saturday 21 April.

This follows last year’s successful trial of a new system of moveable automated barriers and works completed in March to install ‘intelligent road studs’ that will light up to guide motorists onto the diversion route, removing the need to manually lay out traffic cones.

The final phase involves upgrading the automated barriers to allow the system on both sides of the Queensferry Crossing to be operated by a single button, further reducing the time it will take to divert traffic. Various lane and road closures will be required as previously advertised, plus two additional nights of work to commission the system south of the Queensferry Crossing. 

Full information about the procedure for trialling the automated barriers can be found here. 

Full details of traffic management for these works can be found in the table below: