Calderside Road in Blantyre suffers from significant fly tipping by individuals avoiding council disposal costs. This pollution harms South Lanarkshire, increasing waste clearance expenses. Possibly originating from Jackton, residents are urged to communicate with their contractors. With rural CCTV surveillance rising, fly tipping risks hefty fines and is becoming a foolish crime.
The roadworks at Main Street, High Blantyre remain in place, with temporary lights down to 1 lane. Queues are forming at peak times, and at one point today, the lights were stuck on red. Though sorted now, it’s still slow along both directions on Main Street. Our photo taken at sunrise this morning is a […]
A little advance notice, that drivers should take care and slow down at Bardykes Road, Blantyre due to current traffic management works. Traffic light controls are currently placed around the newly renovated ‘Barnhill Tavern’ until Tuesday to allow for safe painting of the exterior and the pub’s brand new signage going up. In a huge […]
** UPDATE – This work is now postponed until a later date. ** Original Article: Maybe best try to avoid particular streets in the centre of Hamilton today if you’re out and about. Roadworks are scheduled for today, Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June on Campbell Street from the junction at Chapel Street. Cadzow Lane […]
OK, it’s time! We’re calling this out. South Lanarkshire Council take heed. This is the overgrown mess which is spilling into the carriageway at the Auchinraith Roundabout turning into Main Street, High Blantyre. The hedges and bushes being neglected since the pandemic, have now got to the point where they’ve grown 2 foot out into […]
Disruption for drivers is to be expected next week with the full road closure of Glasgow Road between Station Road junction and Stonefield Road. The street will be closed to traffic from Monday 18th October 2021 for 6 working days to let South Lanarkshire Council resurface the carriageway. We’ve posted earlier about diverted bus routes. […]
Police have this evening closed off Sydes Brae (the road up to the Crematorium) at High Blantyre. Reports are coming in that the road was closed off due to an accident sometime after 6.30pm tonight, Wednesday 11 March 2020 and still closed as of 8.30pm. We hope anybody involved is ok. Best avoid meantime.
Given we have witnessed TWO near misses in as many days at this location and seeing so many people similarly comment on the page yesterday, we feel it is in the interest of public road safety to raise a concern about the new road layout at High Blantyre. The location is the roundabout (previously known […]