Drivers could soon be able to sign up for automatic alerts of restrictions on the Tay Road Bridge.
There were more than 50 incidents over the winter when high winds meant the bridge had to bar certain types of vehicle, or even shut completely. The worst day was December 8 when the closure lasted for more than 10 hours.
There have also been repeated closures caused by people threatening to jumnp from the bridge.
Staff are now hoping to set up a system that would alert motorists as soon as a decision to impose restrictions has been made.
Details of the winter closures were discussed on Monday by the bridge board.
Bridge manager Iain Mackinnon said it had been an ”exceptionally bad spell” with the crossing closed to all traffic on five occasions, another 14 when only cars were allowed across and 34 when double-decker buses were barred.
There had been full or partial restrictions for 15% of the time and the closures which are triggered when wind speed tops 80mph had lasted for almost 25 hours in total.
At present staff update the bridge’s website and phone automated message service when a restriction comes into force and warnings are put up on roadside electronic boards.
Mr Mackinnon told the board: ”In terms of trying to improve the amount of information available to the public, the website is being updated with weather/restriction information being made available on the home page.
”In addition it is hoped to use RSS feeds to provide an email alert service to those who register. This system is used successfully by Traffic Scotland to inform the public of closures and restrictions on the trunk road network.”A local developer has already produced an unofficial Twitter feed which automatically posts restriction updates from the official website. It is available at twitter.com/taybridgetweets