Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement (a) it and (b) Transport Scotland has had with Glasgow City Council about potential future rationalisation of the Townhead Interchange at junction 15 of the M8 and its local feeder roads as part of the Council's consultation on the Townhead District Regeneration Framework, which closes on 3 March 2023.
Glasgow City Council published the City Centre Strategic Development Framework in late 2019. Transport Scotland detailed in its response dated January 2020, that plans to improve connections across Junction 15, indeed any plans which affect the motorway through Glasgow, would require specific engagement with Transport Scotland given the potential impact on the strategic road network.
Transport Scotland regularly meets Glasgow City Council across a number of forums. However, they have not recently been approached to have any specific discussions with Glasgow City Council on the rationalisation of M8 junction 15, Townhead interchange or in regard to this District Regeneration Framework more generally. Nonetheless, my officials are preparing a response to the Townhead District Regeneration Framework public consultation.