A car has come off the A725, East Kilbride Expressway just beyond Low Blantyre at the Craighead exit. At 1.40pm, today Sunday 28 April 2019, the accident is affecting traffic coming on to the Expressway. Emergency services (Ambulance and Police) are now in attendance with flow of traffic slightly affected. Best avoid if you can. […]
Some disruption should be expected at High Blantyre’s Douglas Street as roadworks get underway for the next 9 weeks. Safety and reducing queuing times are very much on the agenda with the creation of a dedicated left hand lane, as pictured. Work by MacClay Civil Engineering Ltd also includes the widening of the road and […]
Heavy Traffic Please avoid the EK Expressway if you can. Shortly before 10am this morning, Tuesday 2 April 2019, a traffic incident occurred not far from Bothwell Bridge. It’s on the East Kilbride Expressway westbound at Bothwell, blocking the inside lane. Traffic is heavy on approach. Traffic Scotland initially reported an accident, but in the […]
Public complaints about the safety of Blantyre’s A725 Sliproads have promptly been upheld by South Lanarkshire Council with a programme of action now proposed. This followed a fatality last year and several instances of people driving up the sliproads in the wrong direction into oncoming traffic. Our petition has now incredibly been signed by 814 […]
We need YOUR help to improve road Safety in Blantyre. In recent months there has been 4 instances of vehicle drivers travelling in the WRONG direction on the busy East Kilbride Expressway, which sadly on one occasion in 2018 resulted in the tragic death of a young motorbiker. Recent Video and Photo evidence on social media suggests […]