The M8/M73/M74 Motorways (30mph, 40mph and 50mph Speed Limit) Regulations 2022

JurisdictionScotland
CitationSSI 2022/26
Year2022

2022 No. 26

Road Traffic

The M8/M73/M74 Motorways (30mph, 40mph and 50mph Speed Limit) Regulations 2022

Made 26th January 2022

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 28th January 2022

Coming into force 24th March 2022

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 17(2), (3) and (3ZA) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19841and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 134(8)2of that Act, they have consulted with such representative organisations as they think fit.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the M8/M73/M74 Motorways (30mph, 40mph and 50mph Speed Limit) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 24 March 2022.

S-2 Interpretation

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

“distance” means the distance as measured following the centreline of the relevant carriageway or, as the case may be, the relevant slip road,

“the A725/A726” means the A725/A726 Shawhead – East Kilbride – Philipshill Roundabout Trunk Road,

“the A8” means that part of the M8 between Newhouse and Baillieston Traffic Lights,

“the A8(M)” means that part of the M8 between Baillieston Roundabout and Swinton Roundabout,

“the M8” means the M8/A8/A8(M) Edinburgh - Greenock Trunk Road,

“the M73” means the M73 Maryville – Mollinsburn Trunk Road,

“the M74” means the M74/A74(M) Glasgow – Carlisle Trunk Road.

S-3 Speed limits

Speed limits

3. No person may drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding—

(a) 30 miles per hour on the lengths of road specified in Part 1 of the schedule,

(b) 40 miles per hour on the lengths of road specified in Part 2 of the schedule,

(c) 50 miles per hour on the lengths of road specified in Part 3 of the schedule.

S-4 Exemption

Exemption

4. The speed limits imposed by regulation 3 do not apply to any—

(a) vehicle falling within regulation 3(4) of the Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 20113when used in accordance with regulation 3(5) of those Regulations,

(b) vehicles used in an emergency for coastguard purposes.

S-5 Revocation

Revocation

5. The M8/M73/M74 Motorways (30mph, 40mph and 50mph Speed Limit) Regulations 20174and the M73 Trunk Road (Maryville to Mollinsburn) (Temporary 50 mph Speed Restriction) Order 20225are revoked.

JENNY GILRUTH

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

26th January 2022

SCHEDULE

Regulation 3

SPECIFIED LENGTHS OF ROAD

1 LENGTHS OF ROAD RESTRICTED TO 30 MPH

PART 1

LENGTHS OF ROAD RESTRICTED TO 30 MPH

SCH-1.1

1. That length of the M8 being part of the slip road from the eastbound carriageway of the M8 to Easterhouse Road, from a point 137 metres or thereby southeast of the point where the slip road diverges from that carriageway to the point where the slip road merges with Easterhouse Road, a distance of 205 metres or thereby.

SCH-1.2

2. That length of the M8 being part of the slip road from the eastbound carriageway of the M8 to the north roundabout at Eurocentral, from a point 200 metres or thereby southwest of the point where the slip road merges with the circulatory carriageway of that roundabout to the point of that merge, a distance of 208 metres or thereby.

SCH-1.3

3. That length of the M8 being part of the slip road from the south roundabout at Eurocentral to the westbound carriageway of the M8, from a point where that slip road diverges from the circulatory carriageway of that roundabout to a point 42 metres or thereby northwest of the point of that diverge, a distance of 43 metres or thereby.

SCH-1.4

4. That length of the M73 being part of the slip road from Daldowie Junction to the northbound carriageway of the M73, from a point where that slip road diverges from the southbound carriageway of the Daldowie Overbridge to a point 32 metres or thereby southeast of the point of that diverge, a distance of 32 metres or thereby.

SCH-1.5

5. That length of the M74 being part of the slip road from the southbound carriageway of the M73 and part of the slip road from the northbound carriageway of the M74 to Daldowie Junction, from a point 33 metres or thereby southeast of where that slip road merges with the southbound carriageway of the Daldowie Overbridge back to the point of that merge, a distance of 33 metres or thereby.

SCH-1.6

6. That length of the M74 being part of the slip road from Daldowie Junction to the northbound carriageway of the M74, from a point where that slip road diverges from the northbound carriageway of the Daldowie Overbridge to a point 39 metres or thereby northwest of the point of that diverge, a distance of 39 metres or thereby.

SCH-1.7

7. That length of the M74 being part of the slip road from the southbound carriageway of the M74 to Daldowie Junction, from a point 54 metres or thereby west of where that slip road diverges from the northbound carriageway of the Daldowie Overbridge to the point of that diverge, a distance of 54 metres or thereby.

2 LENGTHS OF ROAD RESTRICTED TO 40 MPH

PART 2

LENGTHS OF ROAD RESTRICTED TO 40 MPH

SCH-1.8

8. That length of the M8 being part of the slip road from the northbound carriageway of the A725/A726 to the eastbound carriageway of the M8, from the point where the slip road diverges from the A725/A726 to a point 188 metres or thereby northwest of where the slip road merges with the eastbound carriageway of the M8, a distance of 791 metres or thereby.

SCH-1.9

9. That length of the M8 being part of the slip road from the westbound carriageway of the M8 to the southbound carriageway of the A725/A726, from a point 153 metres or thereby west of where the slip road diverges from the westbound carriageway of the M8 to the point where the slip road merges with the southbound carriageway of the A725/A726, a distance of 512 metres or thereby.

SCH-1.10

10. That length of the eastbound carriageway of the A8(M) from the point where that carriageway diverges from the circulatory carriageway of the Swinton Roundabout to the point where that carriageway merges with the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, a distance of 293 metres or thereby.

SCH-1.11

11. That length of the westbound carriageway of the A8(M) from the point where that carriageway diverges from the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to the point where that carriageway merges with the circulatory carriageway of the Swinton Roundabout, a distance of 296 metres or thereby.

SCH-1.12

12. That length of the M8 being the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, a distance...

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