Question reference: S6W-26885
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 17 April 2024
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Current status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 April 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26224 by Fiona Hyslop on 16 April 2024, whether it will measure current traffic flows using the two junctions and test the subsequent impact on traffic flows from a temporary closure of the M74 Junction 1 Kingston Interchange, in order to develop a robust data set that can inform the reported recent commitments made by Glasgow City Council and the Scottish Government in Glasgow's strategic plan for 2022-27 to reduce the impact of the M8 on the city centre.
Answer
Transport Scotland's National Traffic Data System (NTDS) has live traffic counters at the two junctions measuring the volume of traffic on the slip roads and the main carriageway.
At this stage, as previously stated, there is no reason for Transport Scotland to consider temporarily closing the M74 Junction 1 Kingston Interchange, due to the volume of traffic on the M74 and M8 and the resulting impact on the road traffic network around Glasgow City Centre.
Glasgow City Council, as part of its Strategic Plan 2022-27 , plan to commission research on and explore options to reduce the impact of the M8 on the city centre, and review opportunities to re-engineer other roads infrastructure to become more people friendly, including options for a possible long-term replacement.