What's involved?
A vital part of the west of Scotland's motorway network is missing. As a result the M8 has congestion with traffic diverting through densely populated areas and stifling the economy, not just of Glasgow, South Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, but of the entire west of Scotland. The missing piece is the M74 Completion project.
Project benefits
The M74 Completion project will bring a number of benefits -
- Economy
The West of Scotland accounts for 60% of Scotland's manufactured goods, and businesses have to rely on the increasingly congested M8 to reach their markets. The new link will dramatically improve just-in-time delivery, increasing business competitiveness.
- Employment
More than 12,000 jobs could be created as the regenerated area attracts inward investment. The M74 project will also create an estimated 350 jobs over the three year construction period.
- Regeneration
The M74 will go through areas of disused land and old industrial sites, which will be landscaped, and contaminated land dealt with.
- Safety
Completing the M74 will reduce traffic and accidents on local roads.
- Public accessibility
As traffic moves onto the M74 local communities will benefit from quieter roads, leading to improved public transport, and cycle and pedestrian facilities.
Status
The appeal against the road orders was abandoned on 28 June 2006. The contract was awarded to Interlink M74 Joint Venture, a consortium involving Morgan Est; Balfour Beatty; Morrison and Robert McAlpine. Construction commenced in May 2008 with the road opening to traffic in late 2011.
Cost, Start Date and Completion Date
These details are available from the programme document.
Impact on travel
Completion of the M74 will be a major boost for people and businesses by reducing journey times across Glasgow. It will improve access along the entire Clyde corridor, and make it easier to catch flight connections from Glasgow Airport.
The road will be a three-lane motorway with hard shoulders, locally reducing to two lanes with a hard shoulder at the connecting link between the M74 and the M8.
There will be three full four-way junctions at Fullarton Road, Cambuslang Road and Polmadie Road, with a two-way junction at Kingston.
Traffic management
This information is not currently available.
Proposed route
The road will follow a five mile route from Fullarton Road Junction near Camyle to the M8 motorway just west of Kingston Bridge.
You can see a virtual reality 'fly over' at www.m74completion.com
Documents
View a range of documents at http://www.m74completion.com
Contact
For more information on this project, please contact -
Community Relations Team
Interlink M74 JV
Interlink House
150 Polmadie Road
Glasgow G5 OHD
Email: community.relations@jvm74.com
Community enquiries
Phone: 0800 328 1697 - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
FAQs
You can read FAQs about this project at www.m74completion.com
