Morgan Sindall has been selected to deliver a new £1 million road bridge in Perthshire.

The contractor will design and build the new Bleaton Hallet Bridge over the Black Water after the previous structure was damaged by storms in December last year.

The new bridge will be developed using a single-span galvanised steel structure and has been designed to allow all road traffic to cross, with no weight restrictions.

The Ruthven Road Bridge, located on the outskirts of Kingussie in the Cairngorms National Park, has been highlighted as a construction model for the project.

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Morgan Sindall's team will be working around a four-metre vertical face on the east embankment to build new abutments. Workers will pour 100 cubic metres of concrete, with the design also including improvements to drainage to defend the bridge from severe weather damage in the future.

Morgan Sindall's area director for infrastructure, Robert Ogg, said: "The C446 road provides a vital link between Alyth and the A93 to Glenshee and the local communities come to depend on the infrastructure network so heavily, often without noticing how vulnerable it can be.

"We are acutely aware of this reliance and are proud to be designing and building a new bridge to restore this critical access; our message to the many people who would usually use this route is that the end is in sight."

(LM/MH)