Drivers should exercise caution due to widespread road flooding from recent heavy rains, with more expected today. The EK Expressway near Raith and the roundabout near Auchinraith are partially flooded but still passable. Residents are encouraged to report any additional flooding they encounter in Lanarkshire.
The roads have been busy this rush hour and into early evening as a crash near Raith brought things to a standstill. Queues formed on approaches to Raith and at times the M74 was gridlocked. A vehicle accident between Junction 5 and 6 (Hamilton and Motherwell) slowed things down. We hope everybody was ok. Did […]
Alert! A four vehicle crash has happened this evening at the Roundabout at Raith. Traffic is backing up and the outside 2 lanes are completely blocked after the vehicles collided. The recent heavy rain shower may have contributed. Drivers and pedestrians are out standing by the roadside. We hope everybody involved is ok and emergency […]
Road closure: Bothwell Road will be closed from Bothwell Road roundabout (M74/Raith junction) towards Bothwell to Blairston Avenue for the rest of today due to an accident. Please avoid the area. We hope everybody is ok. Photo: Google Stock photo.
Traffic leaving the M74 southbound at the off-slip, junction 5 Raith will run on the new slip road alignment. The north side of Raith roundabout (A725) will be closed over the weekend from 2000 hours on Friday 24 July to 0600 hours on Monday 27 July 2015. Traffic should follow the signed diversion via A725 […]
Local Traffic News>>>> East Kilbride Expressway A725 overnight lane closures are now in place between Main Bridge (A725 Bridge over the River Clyde) and Whistleberry Toll. Alternate lane closures will be in place overnight on the A725 from 2000hrs on Monday 20 July 2015 to 0600hrs on Friday 14 August 2015 (i.e sill passable but […]
You may have noticed you were travelling on a new road today if you were going to work in Bellshill. The next part of the Raith Interchange roadworks has in the last 24 hours seen traffic travelling up to the M8 and Bellshill, coming from Uddingston and Blantyre, now diverted on to the new section […]