Motorists travelling out and in of Perth are going through delays after a tree collapsed onto a busy highway getting into the town.
The tree fell onto the roadway on the A85 Dundee Street, close to the Previous Tollhouse on the entry to Perth when approaching from Dundee, within the early hours of the morning.
PKC employees have arrived on web site for the tree to be assessed and eliminated “when protected to take action”.
A council spokesperson stated the tree was unlikely to be eliminated and the highway reopened earlier than Monday morning peak site visitors.
Drivers have been subsequently urged to keep away from the realm.
Site visitors coming off the A90 both from Dundee earlier than the Friarton Bridge or off the Friarton Bridge itself will likely be redirected across the roundabout and again on to the A90 in the course of the elimination operation.
Drivers trying to go away Perth in the direction of Friarton Bridge are being requested to search out different routes, which can embody becoming a member of the A90 by way of Edinburgh Street or Broxden Roundabout.
At round 10.15am a council spokesperson stated that work had begun to take away the tree, however that reducing and eradicating it and related particles would “prone to take most of as we speak”.
A site visitors mild stream system has been put in place to permit site visitors in each instructions, nonetheless queues are anticipated on each side of the carriageway till the tree is full eliminated.
A PKC spokesperson requested motorists to "please be affected person and keep away from [the road] if attainable".