MOTORISTS using Scotland’s busies road and set for NINE months of roadsworks misery beginning TOMORROW.
Work around Junction 26 of the motorway in Hillington – spanning both the eastbound and westbound carriageways – will begin on Monday.
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Drivers face new roadworks on the M8 lasting until May
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The M8 is the busiest road in the countryCredit: The Sun
With the exception of a brief break for the festive period, disruption on the road, which is used by 150,000 people a day, is set to run until May 10 next year.
The £10m programme will focus around upgrading and refurbishing four bridges around Junction 26, which have become riddled with potholes.
Four bridges around Junction 26 of the M8 were built in 1968 and carry the M8 over both local roads and the railway.
As time has passed, wear and tear on the surfaces has grown considerably, particularly with potholes.
After a constant run of emergency repairs needing to be carried out on the bridges, a full resurfacing of the bridges is now required.
The affected bridges are Hillington Interchange East, Hillington Interchange West, Hillington Rail and Hillington Slip.
As well as the surfaces, the existing edge parapets and central reservation barriers are in poor condition and not compliant with current standards.
They will be either strengthened or replaced entirely.
Two lanes westbound and eastbound will be maintained throughout the works.
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The work will be carried out over five phases, running from 8 September until 10 May.
Speed restrictions of 40mph will be implemented on both westbound and eastbound lanes.
Amey says the move is needed to ensure the safety of both workers on the site, and the public in general.
The first phase of work – starting Monday – is initially focused around preparing to install temporary average speed cameras.
The works then progresses over the following months to bridge waterproofing, concrete repairs, resurfacing, expansion joint replacements, edge beam strengthening, and barrier upgrades.
The upcoming improvements are not the only work taking place on the M8.
Temporary repairs to the Woodside Viaduct, near Charing Cross, have already been going on for four years, and it ws announced last month that the work will not conclude until the second half of 2027 – considerably later than the original planned date of late 2023.
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Maintenance work on footbridges at Kirkwood Street and Cornwall Street is set to last until December this year.
Resurfacing work around Charing Cross will continue throughout September, while masonry repairs at Junction 15 are expected to finish in the coming week.