17/12/2025
Too late for this week's paper - A7 roadclosures:
A7 RESURFACING WORKS SOUTH OF HAWICK
• Ten overnight road closures, 19 to 30 January 2026
The A7 south of Hawick will be closed for resurfacing between 19:30 and 06:00 on the nights of Monday 19 to Friday 23 January, and Monday 26 to Friday 30 January.
Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will be managing the works, which will see over 1,000 metres of road surface renewed at Parkdaill, immediately south of Hawick, and a further 774 metres resurfaced at Teindside, seven miles south of Hawick.
During these works, a signed diversion route will be in place between Hawick and Canonbie via the A698, A6088, B6357 and B7201, adding an additional 17 minutes and 8.1 miles to journeys.
Tommy Deans, BEAR Scotland’s South East Network Manager, said: “We understand that road closures of this nature can be disruptive and so we’ve planned for these works to take place overnight to reduce their impact.
“We’ll do what we can to ensure we mitigate noise disruption to local residents, including completing the noisiest operations by 11pm each night.
“We thank the local community for their patience while these essential improvements are completed.”
All work is weather dependent and subject to postponement in the event of adverse conditions.
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