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Cabinet Secretary, Keith Brown, opens the new drop-in centre, located in Dumbarton Central StationKeith Brown, Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities, today visited Dumbarton to open a new Armed Forces Veterans Association (AFVA) drop-in centre in Dumbarton Central Station. Mr Brown also has responsibility for veterans issues in Scotland.

Cabinet Secretary for Infrastructure, Investment and Cities, Keith Brown said: “The Scottish Government wants to see more people take the train and recognises that prices have to be affordable and fair.

Motorists on the A9 should be aware of traffic restrictions on the southern section between Birnam and Glen Garry as work is carried out for the A9 Dualling programme starting on 24 August 2015.

Annual figures showing the quality of rail and passenger services have been released today (14 August).

As the design work for the Inverness to Nairn (including Nairn Bypass) scheme continues, locals are to get a chance to meet the people designing the route.

Workforce peaks at over 1,200 with construction across full scheme Infrastructure Secretary Keith Brown today visited the Queensferry Crossing construction site to meet with workers and view progress on the project.

Appraisal will inform details of next contract.

Angus Carmichael has been appointed as Scottish Road Works Commissioner on an interim basis.

Seven Modern Apprentices begin careers on projectMinister for Transport and Islands Derek MacKay today (Thursday 6 August) welcomed seven new modern apprentices to the longest roads construction project currently underway in the UK, the AWPR/B-T, as he officially opened the project's Contact and Education Space.

One of the most familiar sights on some of Scotland’s busiest trunk roads is celebrating its tenth birthday with figures showing that the Trunk Road Incident Support Service (TRISS) has attended around 15,000 incidents in the last year.