With the third summer of the Scheme now coming to an end, the Project Team are looking onward to the closure of the various Work Sections currently under construction. Please view the video below to find out when key areas of the town will be reopen.
Read MoreSpring and Summer this year will once again be a busy time for the Scheme as the construction works can return to in-river working. As such, there are a number of traffic management measures in place or due to commence that may impact how you move around the town. Please see below our traffic management plans for this period.
Read MoreThe Project Team would like to invite the town to attend Community Working Group No.10 being held on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th March at Hawick Town Hall between 11am and 8pm.
Read MoreThe McLaughlin & Harvey construction contract that is delivering the £91.9M Hawick Flood Protection Scheme is now at its mid-way point. December 2021 is month 19 of the 40-month construction programme.
Read MoreMissed the installation of the new Victoria Footbridge on Monday? Catch-up with the excitement of the first of three new footbridges arriving in the town as part of the new Hawick Active Travel Network with our latest timelapse camera footage.
Read MoreThe July 2021 edition of the Project Update newsletter is in the process of landing on doorsteps in the TD9 area from Monday 19th July, 2021.
Read MoreThe March 2021 edition of the Project Update newsletter is in the process of landing on doorsteps in the TD9 area from Monday 29th March, 2021.
Read MoreTransport Scotland have announced that Scottish Borders Council have been awarded funding from the Scottish Government through the Sustrans Places for Everyone to deliver an Active Travel Network (ATN) through Hawick.
Read MoreHawick Flood Protection Scheme have been working closely with the Primary 6 and 7 classes of Wilton Primary School over the past few weeks. We explored elements of the project with the children such as Civil Engineering, Graphic Design and the Hawick Active Travel Network.
Read MoreThe Hawick Flood Protection Scheme has unveiled two different types of stone-clad flood walls for the town.
Read MoreAccess to Commercial Road will change next month as part of the Hawick Flood Protection Scheme’s advanced works.
Read MoreThe June edition of the Project Update newsletter is in the process of landing on doorsteps in the TD9 area from Monday 29 June.
Read MorePreparations are now underway to recommence work on the £88 million Hawick Flood Protection Scheme, in line with the Scottish Government’s construction industry guidelines.
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Scottish Borders Council has today announced that McLaughlin & Harvey has been appointed the Main Works Contractor on the £88m Hawick Flood Protection Scheme.
Read MoreHawick Flood Protection Scheme has provided an update on the project following further Scottish and UK Government Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance issued this week.
Read MoreThe latest in the series of Community Vision Working Group public meetings took place in the Town Hall on Wednesday 26th February.
Read MoreOver the weekend of 8th and 9th February 2020, Storm “Ciara” brought high winds and heavy rain to all parts of the country.
Read MoreOn Saturday 11th January, following heavy rain during the week, the water levels in the River Teviot flowing through Hawick rose quickly to critical levels, as the time-lapse video opposite shows.
Read MoreJanuary 2020 saw the launch of a new Hawick Flood Protection Scheme newsletter. To be delivered to every household in the TD9 postcode area, the newsletter will be published quarterly.
Read MoreAll major construction projects require various preparation works to be carried out in order to “prepare the ground” for the arrival of the main contractors and the start of work on the principal construction project.
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