Drivers have been told to expect another weekend of delays on the M8 with more work to be done on the Longacre Bridge.
The first phase of those refurbishment works took place last weekend with BEAR Scotland – who are Transport Scotland’s operating company – saying it was successful.
The work done over the weekend was completed on the westbound half of the bridge, with deck refurbishment and waterproofing replacements works being done.
A second weekend of work is now to happen this weekend between October 18 and 21 and there have been warnings that there will be delays, although it will reopen as planned on Monday morning.
The eastbound side of the motorway will have a contraflow system in place on the M8 between Junction 5 and Junction 6 from 8.30pm on Friday night until 6am on Monday.
David Bishop, BEAR Scotland’s South East Unit Bridges Manager, said: “We are pleased that the first phase of this project went as smoothly as it did and we thank motorists for their understanding during the delays experienced.
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“This project to refurbish and re-waterproof the bridge deck is essential to ensuring that this motorway structure will continue to provide safe and reliable service for years to come. It will help to avoid the need for reactive closures of the M8 to undertake surfacing repairs caused by underlying bridge deck issues, as has been the case in previous winters.
“The works have been scheduled over weekends in order to minimise travel disruption as much as possible, with the weekends in question also having been specifically chosen to avoid events taking place in communities along the M8 corridor as much as possible.
“Ahead of the upcoming second phase, we thank motorists again for their patience and understanding and recommend that they check the latest travel updates and allow extra travel time for their journeys during these periods.
“Whilst every effort will be made to ensure that the M8 is fully open to traffic on the Monday morning, the extent of concrete repairs required will not be known until the existing surfacing is removed. These works are also highly weather dependent and so could be postponed and rearranged at short notice depending on weather forecasts.”
Real time journey information is available from Traffic Scotland at www.traffic.gov.scot, or on X at @trafficscotland.
All work is weather dependent and subject to postponement or cancellation in the event of adverse conditions.
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