Active Travel Route Causewayhead to Dunblane Consultation

The Stirling Council Sustainable Transport team is developing proposals for the Dunblane to Causewayhead active travel route.

Flora Chirnside, Senior Active Travel Project Manager will attend the April CC Meeting (7.30pm Allan Centre)

A consultation survey on the concept design for the Bridge of Allan to Causewayhead section is now open, until 31 May 2025.

The survey is on the engage stirling website : https://engage.stirling.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/causewayhead-to-bridge-of-allan

The North Active Travel website page includes ideas for the Bridge of Allan to Dunblane section. The community may submit ideas/thoughts by adding a comment on their map: https://engage.stirling.gov.uk/en-GB/projects/bridge-of-allan-to-dunblane

TreeLink Spring Gathering Sat Apr 26th

We have received this notification of the Stirling Treelink Spring Gathering:

 
It is only a couple of weeks until the TreeLink Spring Gathering on the morning of Saturday 26th April.
 
We will be welcoming Professor Kirsty Park from WReN as our Guest Speaker, speaking on ‘Lessons from 150 years of woodland creation for biodiversity”
 
Our AGM will follow and there will be plenty of tea, coffee, cakes and conversation throughout the morning.
CLICK BELOW FOR FULL DETAILS AND TO BOOK YOUR PLACE
 
 
Details of the the Spring Gathering & AGM Here
Registered SCIO SC050794

Overnight Closure of M9 Junction 9 Northbound with Diversion through Bridge of Allan

We have received this notification about overnight closures of the M9 Northbound at Junction 9 with traffic to be diverted through Stirling , Cornton and then along Fountain Road to Henderson St, and North to the Kier Roundabout.

“BEAR Scotland, acting on behalf of Transport Scotland, are planning to carry out overnight resurfacing works on the M9 northbound on-slip at Junction 9. The works have been provisionally programmed to commence on Monday 28th April for a duration of five nights.Works are planned to be completed under night-time road closures between the hours of 19:30 – 06:00, with a signed diversion route in place for affected traffic.

Click here for  attached letter with details. 

Click here for Diversion Route Drawing 

Local Road Closures/Diversions April 2025

We have received copy of Road Works/Closures/Diversion notices  published in the Stirling Observer. Those in Bridge of Allan, or affecting travel around Bridge of Allan are listed here:


Pendreich Road: Closed From its junction with Upper Glen Road to its junction with Sheriffmuir Road from 0800 hours until 1800 hours from 7-4-25 until 14-4-25 to facilitate public utility works.  Emergency service access will be maintained. 

Alternative route: via Glen Road, Blairforkie Drive, Henderson Street, Kenilworth Road, Sheriffmuir Road and vice versa – map click here


C34 (Lecropt Road, Under Knockhill Bridge): Closed  From its junction with the A9 to its junction with the B824 from 2000 hours until 0600 hours from 14-4-25 until 30-11-25 to facilitate bridge refurbishment works. Emergency service access will be maintained

The majority of the work will be carried out under traffic lights, closures will only be required when work dictates and shown by signs on site. 

Alternative Routes: via B824, A9 and vice versa – map click here


A91: Closed From its junction with Forthside Way to its junction with the A907 from 2000 hours until 0600 hours from 22-4-25 until 6-5-25 to facilitate remedial works to the bridge.  Emergency service access will be maintained.

Alternative Routes: via A91, A905, Burghmuir Road, Causewayhead Road, A907 and vice versa – map click here

Alternative route avoiding low bridge – via A91, A905, Burghmuir Road, Causewayhead Road, B823, Fountain Road, A9, A907, and vice versa – map click here


C87: Closed From its junction with the C86 to the Stirling Council / Perth and Kinross Council boundary from 0930 hours until 1530 hours on 8-4-25 to facilitate public utility works. ( Note: C86 is Kippenross to Braco over Sheriffmuir)  Emergency service access will be maintained

Alternative route: via C87, A9, B8033, Glen Road, C86 and vice versa – map click here


For details of all forthcoming Stirling Council road closures visit their website here:

Stirling Council Consultation: Draft Climate Adaptation Strategy

We have received a reminder from Stirling Council regarding their Consultation on the Draft Climate Adaption Strategy that the deadline for comments is 8 April 2025.  The consultation opened on 12th Feb with this notice:

As part of our Climate and Nature Emergency Plan, we set an action to create a Climate Adaptation Strategy.  We’d now like to hear what the people of Stirling think about our draft strategy.

Our climate is changing and we all need to understand, and be prepared for, the impacts.  Taking adaptation measures now, including at a local level, will make us better prepared for future events.

For more info – and to tell us what you think – visit our consultation platform: Folder: Climate and Nature Emergency | Stirling Council

 The platform has the option for you to respond to a quick poll or directly annotate the documents themselves with your comments.  Should you wish to respond in more detail, you could email us directly at sustainability@stirling.gov.uk.”

 The deadline for comments is 8 April 2025.

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