MORE investment is coming to the A78 in North Ayrshire as part of more than £3million of funding being ploughed into the trunk road.

Scotland TranServ are putting a further million pounds of investment for the important North Ayrshire/Inverclyde trunk road in the months ahead.

With the completion of 2.5km of resurfacing at Ashcraig House between Skelmorlie and Largs, resurfacing works at Boydston Farm near Ardrossan and the Rail Bridge to A737 Flyover resurfacing outside Kilwinning, Scotland TranServ will complete its immediate programme, with over 11km resurfaced.

Later this month, resurfacing of 820m of carriageway will be carried out under daytime weekday convoy.

This £118k project will improve the road surface between the Rowan Tree Restaurant and Montfode Roundabout outside Ardrossan.

Following this, there will be improvements in Kilwinning and the £325k programme will resurface 1.3km of the A78 carriageway Works are currently forecast to take place in mid-June, under a proposed weekend closure of the trunk road.

Alan Murray, Scotland TranServ’s Principal Road Design Engineer said: “While there has been a significant investment to improve the A78 over the last few months, there will be no rest for the Scotland TranServ team as we work with communities to identify areas of the carriageway requiring treatment.”

Evan Ferguson, Scotland TranServ’s Planned Maintenance Manager concluded: “Wherever possible, our programmes of work are scheduled to be delivered with maximum efficiency and minimal disruption.”