Supply of Variable Message Signs

Description

The Cairngorms National Park Authority wish to hire a number of variable message signs for summer 2026 to alert drivers and other road users to the fact that a new fire byelaw has come into force in the area. Signs will require to be located on a number of roads within the park, spread across the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Highland and Perth & Kinross local authority areas. Lot 1: In view of the increasing risk of wildfires brought about by the hanging climate and changes in visitor behaviour in recent years the Cairngorms National Park Authority recently received Scottish Government approval to introduce a fire management byelaw. This byelaw will come into force on 1 April 2026 and run until 30 September 2026 and will thereafter apply for the same dates in subsequent years. In order to alert the wider public to the fact a byelaw is in operation the Park Authority will be undertaking a range of communications activities ranging from face-to-face contact, online, printed guides to physical signage. As well as site specific signs at visitor destinations a number of permanent traffic authority approved signs are proposed at a number of roadside locations. However, it is anticipated that many of these will be unable to be supplied and installed prior to 1 April 2026 and so the Park Authority propose to make use of variable message signs as an alternative, temporary way of alerting visitors to the existence of the byelaw.