"By stopping, they actually mean clear the bridge of all works going on at the moment - to put that in context, we have actually got 300 tonnes of scaffolding on this bridge, " he said.
Transport Scotland said the permanent changes have been designed in conjunction with Highland Council to reduce congestion, both during the works on the bridge and in the future.
In Jorge Coelho, who resigned as public-works minister after the bridge disaster, he lost his closest political ally.
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Major travel disruption is expected during road works on the Kessock Bridge.
Football fans are among road users in the Highlands being encouraged to car share during major road works on the Kessock Bridge at Inverness.
This effort to bridge 2, 000 years of history works surprisingly well for the most part, though it occasionally seems more intellectually willed than artistically realized.
Work on the Kessock Bridge starts on 11 February, with further works planned for 2014.
The missing works include Monet's Waterloo Bridge, Picasso's Tete d'Arlequin, Matisse's La Liseuse en Blanc et Jaune and Freud's Woman with Eyes Closed.
Highland Council also hopes a closed down railway station at Conon Bridge can be revamped and reopened before the road works start.
However it works, I suppose we will cross that bridge when we come to it.
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Works will consist of fully rebuilding the collapsed bridge's retaining wing wall, as well as taking down and rebuilding two other retaining wing walls which are showing significant signs of structural distress.
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In 1993, the French department of public works staged an open competition to build a high bypass bridge between plateaus at the top of the gorge, based on an initial concept by its engineer, Michel Virlogeux, who proposed a multispan, cable-stayed bridge with a phalanx of seven masts supporting cable fans.
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The road works are connected to a wider project to carry out repairs to the Kessock Bridge, which will start in February.
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