SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2020No. 302
ROAD TRAFFIC
The M8 (Newhouse to Easterhouse) M73 (Maryville to Mollinsburn) M74 (Daldowie to Hamilton) A8 (Newhouse to Bargeddie) A725 (Shawhead to Whistleberry) A7071 (Bellshill) Scotland Trunk Roads (Temporary Prohibitions of Traffic and Overtaking and Temporary Speed Restrictions) (No. 3) Order 2020
Made24thSeptember2020
Coming into force1stOctober2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1) and (2), 4(1) and 14(1)(a) and (4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984( 1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 14(1)(a) of that Act, they are satisfied that the traffic on the lengths of road specified in the schedule should be restricted or prohibited because works are being or are proposed to be executed on or near those lengths of road.
In accordance with section 14(3) of that Act, they have had regard to the existence of alternative routes suitable for the traffic which will be affected by this Order.
Citation, commencement and cessation
1. This Order may be cited as the M8 (Newhouse to Easterhouse) M73 (Maryville to Mollinsburn) M74 (Daldowie to Hamilton) A8 (Newhouse to Bargeddie) A725 (Shawhead to Whistleberry) A7071 (Bellshill) Scotland Trunk Roads (Temporary Prohibitions of Traffic and Overtaking and Temporary Speed Restrictions) (No. 3) Order 2020, comes into force on 1 October 2020 and ceases to have effect on 1 January 2021.
Prohibition on use of a road
2. No person may use, or permit the use of, any vehicle on a length of road, or part or parts of a length of road, specified in the schedule when a prohibition is identified as applying to that length of road, or a part or parts of that length of road, by means of a traffic sign of the type described in item 8 (diagram 7105 – position of barrier to mark length of road closed or to guide traffic past an obstruction) of the sign table in Part 6 of schedule 13 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016( 2).
Prohibition on overtaking
3.—(1) No person may use, or permit the use of, any vehicle in such a way that it overtakes any other moving vehicle on a length of road, or a part or parts of a length of road, specified in the schedule when a prohibition is identified as applying to that length of road, or a part or parts of that length of road, by means of a traffic sign of the type described in item 5 (diagram 632 – no overtaking) of the sign table in Part 2 of schedule 3 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
(2) “Other moving vehicle” does not include a cycle, motor cycle, tricycle or any other vehicle not being a motor vehicle in accordance with section 140 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984( 3).
Speed restriction
4.—(1) No person may use, or permit the use of, any vehicle on a length of road, or a part or parts of a length of road, specified in column 1 of the tables in Parts 2 and 3 of the schedule at a speed exceeding that specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the relevant table when a restriction is identified as applying to that length of road, or a part or parts of that length of road, by means of a traffic sign of the type described in item 1 (diagram 670 – maximum speed limit in mph) of the sign table in Part 2 of schedule 10 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
(2) When this paragraph applies, no person may use, or permit the use of, any vehicle on a length of road, or a part or parts of a length of road, specified in column 1 of the table in Part 3 of the schedule at a speed exceeding 10 miles per hour when that restriction is identified as applying to that length of road, or a part or parts of that length of road, by means of a traffic sign of the type described in item 1 (diagram 670 – maximum speed limit in mph) of the sign table in Part 2 of schedule 10 of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016.
(3) Paragraph (2) applies when convoy working is in operation and indicated by one or more of the traffic signs of the types described in:
(a) item 34 (diagram 7025 – vehicles to be escorted through road works ahead), item 35 (diagram 7026 – explanation of reason for escorting vehicles in convoys) and item 36 (diagram 7029 – convoy vehicles no overtaking) of the sign table in Part 6 of schedule 13, and
(b) item 58 (diagram 7011 – point beyond which vehicular traffic must not proceed when required to stop) of the sign table in Part 2 of schedule 14.
Exemptions
5. No prohibition imposed by this Order applies to vehicles being used in an emergency for fire brigade, ambulance, police or coastguard purposes or a vehicle while being used for carrying out the works.
6. No speed restriction imposed by this Order applies to—
(a) vehicles falling within regulation 3(4) of the Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011( 4) when used in accordance with regulation 3(5) of those Regulations, or
(b) vehicles being used in an emergency for coastguard purposes.
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Buchanan House,
Glasgow
24th September 2020
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GEMMA MONTROSE
A member of the staff of the Scottish Ministers
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SCHEDULE
Articles 2, 3 and 4
SPECIFIED LENGTHS OF ROAD
PART 1
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Specified lengths of road |
1. That length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road being the M8 westbound on slip road at Junction 10 (Easterhouse), a distance of 450 metres or thereby. |
2. That length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh - Greenock Trunk Road being the slip road from the eastbound carriageway of the M8 to the southbound carriageway of the M73, a distance of 2.1 kilometres or thereby. |
3. That length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh - Greenock Trunk Road, being the slip road from the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to the eastbound carriageway of the M8, a distance of 718 metres or thereby. |
4. That length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh - Greenock Trunk Road, being the slip road from the westbound carriageway of the M8 to the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, a distance of 680 metres or thereby. |
5. That length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh - Greenock Trunk Road being the slip road from the northbound carriageway of the A725/A726 to the eastbound carriageway of the M8, a distance of 1.4 kilometres or thereby. |
6. That length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road, being the slip road from the westbound carriageway of the M8 to the southbound carriageway of the A725/A726, a distance of 1.0 kilometres or thereby. |
7. That length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road, being the slip road from the eastbound carriageway of the M8 to the north roundabout at Eurocentral, a distance of 913 metres or thereby. |
8. That length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road, being the slip road from the south roundabout at Eurocentral to the westbound carriageway of the M8, a distance of 623 metres or thereby. |
9. That length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road, being the slip road from the eastbound carriageway of the M8 to the north roundabout at Chapelhall, a distance of 925 metres or thereby. |
10. That length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road, being the slip road from the south roundabout at Chapelhall to the westbound carriageway of the M8, a distance of 832 metres or thereby. |
11. That length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road, being the westbound carriageway of the A8(M) from the point where the extended centreline of that carriageway intersects with the centreline of 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 316 metres or thereby. |
12. That length of the M8/A8 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road being the eastbound carriageway of the A8(M) from the point where that carriageway merges with the circulatory carriageway of the Swinton Roundabout to the point where the extended centreline of the eastbound carriageway of the M8 intersects with the centreline of the circulatory... |
