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Timescale: |
2003-10 |
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Budget: |
£375M - 500M |
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Partners: |
Transport Scotland and Glasgow City, South Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Councils. |
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Lead: |
Transport Scotland |
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Target: |
Road open to traffic 2010 warehouses and granaries between the SECC and the Clyde Tunnel. |
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Status: |
All consents are now in place to allow the project to be taken forward into the procurement. |
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Activity: |
The M74 Completion is being promoted in accordance with the government’s key transport criteria:
- Environment
- Safety
- Economy
- Integration
- Accessibility
The new road will:
- Complete strategic transport links for West of
Scotland business currently handicapped by severe congestion on the M8.
- Advance national competitiveness by improving access to Glasgow Airport and other key strategic commercial and industrial facilities.
- Assist development of prime sites in areas of high unemployment throughout West Central Scotland.
- Open the way for regeneration of derelict land across the south and east of Glasgow and in Rutherglen and Cambuslang.
- Relieve traffic congestion on local roads across Glasgow and South Lanarkshire allowing priority to be allocated to public transport cyclists and pedestrians.
- Improve road safety and reduce road accidents.
The new motorway will complete the missing link between the M74 at Fullarton Road and the M8 to the west of Kingston Bridge.
It will be 5 miles (8km) long and will comprise dual 3 lane carriageways with hard shoulders and dual 2 lane motorway connections to the M8. |
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