The M8/A8 Trunk Road (Bay Street, Port Glasgow) (Prohibition of Specified Turns) Order 20[ ]

The Scottish Ministers hereby give notice that they propose to make the above Order under sections 1(1)(a), 2(1) and (2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to prohibit traffic on that length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh - Greenock Trunk Road from a point 270 metres or thereby west of Newark Roundabout, Port Glasgow to a point 300 metres or thereby west of Newark Roundabout, Port Glasgow, a distance of 30 metres or thereby from making any of the following turns:

1. All right turns from the eastbound M8/A8 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road to Bay Street, Port Glasgow.
2. All right turns from Bay Street, Port Glasgow to the eastbound M8/A8 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road.

The Order is required in the interests of road safety.

Full details of the proposal are contained in the Order which, together with plans showing the length of road involved and a statement of the Scottish Ministers’ reasons for proposing to make the Order, may be examined free of charge during normal business hours from 4 April 2019 until 25 April 2019 at the offices of Transport Scotland, Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow, G4 0HF; Port Glasgow MS Post Office, 59 Princes Street, Port Glasgow, PA14 5JH

Any person wishing to object to the proposed Order should send details of the grounds for objection in writing to the Director of Roads, c/o Christopher Lynch, Transport Scotland, Buchanan House, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow, G4 0HF quoting reference M8A8/SW/CL by 25th April 2019.

J MORAN
A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers
Transport Scotland
Buchanan House
58 Port Dundas Road
Glasgow G4 0HF

Statement of reasons

The Scottish Ministers propose to prohibit right turn manoeuvres to and from the M8/A8 Trunk Road at the junction of the A8 with Bay Street, Port Glasgow, in the interests of road safety.

In consideration of these interests, the Scottish Ministers are satisfied that the closure of the opening in the existing dual carriageway central reservation to prohibit right turns across the dual carriageway and U-turns on the dual carriageway, will improve road safety by avoiding a conflict between slow turning vehicles and through traffic.