Project Details
Description
The works are required to maintain the safety and integrity of a stretch of the M8 Junction 25a on and off slips, east of Renfrew, in Renfrewshire. Resurfacing works covering an area of 1 hectare and a distance of 1,422m are required to repair structural defects that have been identified on the carriageway, including, fretting, chip loss, rutting, cracking (both longitudinal and transverse).
The construction activities will involve structural inlays using TS2010 surface course, ranging in depths between 30mm and 300mm. Construction activities will be as follows:
- Installation of Traffic Management (TM);
- A planer will remove the existing road surface to the required depths;
- Roller wagon will compact and flatten the material;
- A paver will lay the new road surface for structural inlays, with depths ranging between 30mm to 300mm;
- Disposal trucks will transport the removed road material;
- New road markings and new studs will be installed; and
- Removal of TM upon scheme completion.
The following (but not limited to) plant/machinery/vehicles may be used throughout the scheme:
- Planer will be used to remove the road surface.
- Paver will be used to lay the new road surface.
- Roller will flatten and compact the road material.
The proposed works are scheduled to be completed within the 2025/26 financial year with a two night road closure per slip road, totalling four nights.
Traffic Management is yet to be determined but will likely consist of full overnight lane closures on both slip roads with diversion routes.
Location
The scheme is located at Junction 25a on and off slips of the M8, east of Renfrew in Renfrewshire. The scheme location can be found at the following National Grid References (NGRs):
- On slip start - NS 52109 66939
- On slip end - NS 52360 66221
- Off slip start - NS 52082 66946
- Off slip end - NS 52186 66256