The M8 M73 M74 A725 Trunk Roads (Temporary Prohibitions of Traffic and Overtaking and Temporary Speed Restrictions) (Number 4) Order 2023

The Scottish Ministers give notice that they have made the following Order temporarily prohibiting traffic, temporarily prohibiting overtaking and temporarily restricting the speed of vehicles on the lengths of road identified in this Notice.

The Order, which is required because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near the lengths of road, will be in operation from 1 December 2023 until 1 March 2024, but the prohibitions and restrictions contained in the Order will only be operational when the appropriate traffic signs are displayed.

No prohibition in the Order applies to vehicles being used in an emergency for fire brigade, ambulance, police or coastguard purposes or vehicles being used for carrying out the works. No speed restriction imposed by the Order applies to vehicles being used in the service of the Special Forces or vehicles being used in an emergency for coastguard purposes.

Where the closure of a carriageway on a dual carriageway road is involved the alternative route for traffic in relation to the lengths of road affected by the Order will be signposted. Detailed descriptions of the alternative routes and the works being carried out can also be obtained at the following offices:

Scottish Roads Partnership, 1E, Willow House, Kestrel View, Strathclyde Business Park, Bellshill, ML4 3PB, Telephone 0800 042 0188

For information about roadworks on motorways and trunk roads visit the Traffic Scotland website.

G Patterson
A Member of the Staff of the Scottish Ministers
Transport Scotland
George House
36 North Hanover Street
Glasgow
G1 2AD

Press Notice

The M8 (Newhouse to Easterhouse) M73 (Maryville to Mollinsburn) A8 (Newhouse to Bargeddie) A725 (Shawhead to Whistleberry) Trunk Roads (Temporary Prohibitions of Traffic and Overtaking and Temporary Speed Restrictions) (No. 4) Order 2023

The following lengths of the M8/A8/A89 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road:

1. The slip road from the westbound carriageway of the M8 to Easterhouse Road, a distance of 360 metres or thereby.
2. The slip road from Easterhouse road to the eastbound carriageway of the M8, a distance of 205 metres or thereby.
3. The slip road from the eastbound carriageway of the M8 to Easterhouse Road, a distance of 511 metres or thereby.
4. The M8 westbound on slip road at Junction 9 (Springhill), a distance of 502 metres or thereby.
5. The slip road from the westbound carriageway of the A8 to the westbound carriageway of the M8, a distance of 1.1 kilometres or thereby.
6. The eastbound off slip road at A8 Bargeddie Junction, a distance of 403 metres or thereby.
7. The eastbound on slip road at A8 Bargeddie Junction, a distance of 460 metres or thereby.
8. The westbound off slip road at A8 Bargeddie Junction, a distance of 468 metres or thereby.
9. The westbound on slip road at A8 Bargeddie Junction, a distance of 502 metres or thereby.
10. The slip road from the eastbound carriageway of the A8 to the southbound carriageway of the A725/A726, a distance of 596 metres or thereby.
11. The slip road from the southbound carriageway of the A725/A726 to the eastbound carriageway of the A8, a distance of 668 metres or thereby.
12. The slip road from the westbound carriageway of the A8 to the northbound carriageway of the A725/A726, a distance of 418 metres or thereby.
13. The slip road from the northbound carriageway of the A725/A726 to the westbound carriageway of the A8, a distance of 652 metres or thereby.
14. The eastbound off slip road at A8 Carnbroe Junction, a distance of 252 metres or thereby.
15. The eastbound on slip road at A8 Carnbroe Junction, a distance of 140 metres or thereby.

Prohibitions on use and overtaking.

16. The M8 eastbound carriageway from a point 450 metres west of where the eastbound on slip road merges with the carriageway at M8 Junction 10 (Easterhouse), generally eastwards to a point directly under the centreline of the eastbound A8(Baillieston), a distance of 3.047 kilometres or thereby.
17. The M8 westbound carriageway from a point directly under the centreline of the eastbound A8(Baillieston), generally westwards to a point 550 metres west of where the westbound off slip road diverges from the carriageway at M8 Junction 10 (Easterhouse), a distance of 3.052 kilometres or thereby.
18. The M8 eastbound carriageway from a point directly over the centreline of the circulatory carriageway at the west side of the A73 Newhouse Roundabout generally eastwards to a point 640 metres east of a point directly over the centreline of Bothwellshields Road, a distance of 1.78 kilometres or thereby.
19. The M8 westbound carriageway from a point 640 metres east of a point directly over the centreline of Bothwellshields Road generally westwards to a point directly over the centreline of the circulatory carriageway at the west side of the A73 Newhouse Roundabout, a distance of 1.78 kilometres or thereby.
20. The A8 eastbound carriageway from a point directly over the centreline of the A752 Aitkenhead Road, generally eastwards to a point directly under the central reservation of the A725/A726 Shawhead–East Kilbride–Philipshill Roundabout Trunk Road, a distance of 2.84 kilometres or thereby.
21. The A8 westbound carriageway from a point directly under the central reservation of the A725/A726 Shawhead–East Kilbride–Philipshill Roundabout Trunk Road, generally westwards to a point directly over the centreline of the A752 Aitkenhead Road, a distance of 2.84 kilometres or thereby.

Prohibitions on use and overtaking; and a 40mph speed restriction.

The following lengths of the M73 Maryville – Mollinsburn Trunk Road:

22. The northbound off slip road at Junction 2a (Gartcosh), a distance of 512 metres or thereby.
23. The northbound on slip road at Junction 2a (Gartcosh), a distance of 604 metres or thereby.
24. The southbound off slip road at Junction 2a (Gartcosh), a distance of 430 metres or thereby.
25. The southbound on slip road at Junction 2a (Gartcosh), a distance of 656 metres or thereby.

Prohibitions on use and overtaking.

26. The southbound carriageway from a point 811 metres north of a point directly over the centreline of Drumcavel Road to a point directly over the centreline of the circulatory carriageway at the south side of the M8/A8 /A89 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road M8 Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, a distance of 7.34 kilometres or thereby.
27. The northbound carriageway from a point directly over the centreline of the circulatory carriageway at the south side of the M8/A8/A89 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road M8 Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, generally northwards to a point 818 metres north of the centreline of Drumcavel Road, a distance of 7.34 kilometres metres or thereby.

Prohibitions on use and overtaking; and a 40mph speed restriction.

The following lengths of the A725/A726 Shawhead – East Kilbride – Philipshill Roundabout Trunk Road:

28. The northbound on slip road at Strathclyde Business Park Junction, a distance of 110 metres or thereby.
29. The northbound off slip road at Strathclyde Business Park Junction, a distance of 277 metres or thereby.
30. The southbound off slip road at Diamond Interchange, a distance of 281 metres or thereby.
31. The southbound on slip road at Diamond Interchange, a distance of 275 metres or thereby.
32. The northbound off slip road at Diamond Interchange, a distance of 248 metres or thereby.
33. The southbound off slip road at Bellziehill Junction, a distance of 344 metres or thereby.
34. The southbound on slip road at Bellziehill Junction, a distance of 310 metres or thereby.
35. The northbound off slip road at Bellziehill Junction, a distance of 234 metres or thereby.
36. The northbound on slip road at Bellziehill Junction, a distance of 364 metres or thereby.
37. The southbound off slip road at Orbiston Junction, a distance of 265 metres or thereby.
38. The slip road to the southbound carriageway of the A725/A726 from a point 17 metres or thereby west of where the extended centreline of the slip road intersects with the circulatory carriageway of the roundabout at the junction of the B7070 road and Mary Rae Road at Orbiston Junction to the point where the extended centreline of that slip road intersects with the southbound carriageway of the A725/A726, a distance of 199 metres or thereby.
39. The slip road from the northbound carriageway of the A725/A726 to Orbiston Junction, a distance of 644 metres or thereby.
40. The slip road from Orbiston Junction to the northbound carriageway of the A725/A726, a distance of 619 metres or thereby.

Prohibitions on use and overtaking.

41. The northbound carriageway from a point directly under the centreline of the circulatory carriageway at the south side of Bellziehill Junction, generally northwards to a point directly under the centreline of James Street (Diamond Interchange Overbridge), a distance of 947 metres or thereby.
42. The southbound carriageway from a point directly under the centreline of James Street (Diamond Interchange Overbridge), generally southwards to a point directly under the centreline of the circulatory carriageway at the south side of Bellziehill Junction, a distance of 939 metres or thereby.

Prohibitions on use and overtaking; and a 40mph speed restriction and a 10mph speed restriction when there is convoy working.