Work is to begin on a new motorway junction in North Lanarkshire, Transport Scotland has announced.

The North Road in Bellshill on approach to and from the A725 Shawhead Junction with the A8 is due to close for three weeks from 10pm on Sunday, 24 January.

This will allow for the construction of a temporary 'T' junction onto the newly built A725, which will retain access to and from North Road during the next phase of works.


The closure is also part of the construction of the new Shawhead Junction for the M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project.

The works will be carried out by the schemes main contractor Scottish Road Partnership (SRP).

Signed diversions, traffic management and a shuttle bus service will be implemented during the closure.

Graeme Reid, Transport Scotland's project sponsor for the project, said: "As a strategic connection on Central Scotland's motorway network, Shawhead Junction is undergoing a major transformation and one of the biggest challenges we have is to keep the high volume of traffic using this heavily congested junction moving during construction."

(LM/CD)