14/4/2008M74 link go-ahead to boost regeneration plan
THE much-heralded East End Regeneration Route will be a four-lane road linking the M8 with the M74 extension - and all communities in between.
Costing more than £70million, it will stretch for four miles and 11 new road junctions will connect with the existing network.
Phase one, due to be completed later this year, will see the realignment of Rutherglen Bridge at Oatlands, which crosses the Clyde close to Shawfield Stadium.
The second phase - from Rutherglen Bridge via Dunn Street, Poplin Street, Dalmarnock Road, Mordaunt Street, London Road and Camlachie to the Parkhead bypass at Gallowgate junction - is due to be ready by June 2010.
Phase three will run from the Forge Retail Park across the Queen Street to Airdrie railway bridge near Biggar Street, north under Edinburgh Road and Cumbernauld Road to connect with Provan Road, south of the M8.
A major eight-span viaduct will be built at Duke Street/Carntyne Road and there will be two replacement bridges at Edinburgh Road and Cumbernauld Road.
The M74 extension, which has been delayed for years, was given the go-ahead last month by the Scottish Government.
It will be a three-lane motorway with hard shoulders along a five-mile stretch from the Fullarton interchange to the M8 west of the Kingston Bridge.
Costing more than £70million, it will stretch for four miles and 11 new road junctions will connect with the existing network.
Phase one, due to be completed later this year, will see the realignment of Rutherglen Bridge at Oatlands, which crosses the Clyde close to Shawfield Stadium.
The second phase - from Rutherglen Bridge via Dunn Street, Poplin Street, Dalmarnock Road, Mordaunt Street, London Road and Camlachie to the Parkhead bypass at Gallowgate junction - is due to be ready by June 2010.
Phase three will run from the Forge Retail Park across the Queen Street to Airdrie railway bridge near Biggar Street, north under Edinburgh Road and Cumbernauld Road to connect with Provan Road, south of the M8.
A major eight-span viaduct will be built at Duke Street/Carntyne Road and there will be two replacement bridges at Edinburgh Road and Cumbernauld Road.
The M74 extension, which has been delayed for years, was given the go-ahead last month by the Scottish Government.
It will be a three-lane motorway with hard shoulders along a five-mile stretch from the Fullarton interchange to the M8 west of the Kingston Bridge.