Motorists faced tailbacks up to 12 miles long on the M74 today as roadworks caused major delays.
Drivers faced disruption and queues of around an hour as the major roadwork improvement project continued.
Tailbacks were particularly bad between Junction 8 Canderside and Junction 4 Maryville.
#M74 (N) J5 Raith *CONGESTION FROM J6 TO J4* Expect delays in the area due to 3 lanes merging to 2 😢 #DriveSafe pic.twitter.com/qkYQuicSaA
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) October 7, 2015
*UPDATE* #M74 (N) currently dealing with a 12 mile queue from J8 to J4 with approx 60 min travel time 😢 #BeAware pic.twitter.com/W693DWOMWD
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) October 7, 2015
*UPDATE* #M74 Please #BeAware of long delays (approx 60 mins) between J8 & J4 due to lanes merging from 3 to 2 😒 pic.twitter.com/7aVAzJhTwk
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) October 7, 2015
Average speed cameras have also been introduced on the northbound and southbound carriages between Junction 6 Hamilton and Junction 3A Daldowie.
They will remain in place until 2017 to allow for the construction of a new lane and hard shoulder along this stretch of the motorway.
Average speed cameras were first used in Scotland during roadworks on the M74 in 2006, but were used more recently during upgrades to the M80.
The cameras will also be rolled out on stretches of the M73, M8 and A8.
It comes as work on the M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project is ramped up.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.Â
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.Â
That is invaluable.Â
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel