M80 Stepps - Haggs
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Scheme Outline
Partially on-line and partially off-line upgrade of A80 between Stepps and Haggs to two-lane motorway, to link existing sections of M80 north of Haggs and south of Stepps.
Timeline
- 1974
- M80 from Haggs to the M9 is completed.
- 1994
- M80 from M8 at Glasgow to Stepps is opened.
- 2003
- Scottish Executive announces plan to complete the road.
Project Statistics
- Cost
- £130-150m
- Finance
- Scottish Executive/DBFO
- Estimated duration of works
- 2008-2011
- Length of new road
- 12 miles
Progress
- February 2003
- Scottish Executive announces large-scale spending on transport, including the completion of the M80 route. For the first time a definite date has been given for this scheme.
- October 2005
- Scheme goes to public inquiry. Objections to the route are expected to be because the road is an online upgrade - many objectors want to see the original off-line Kelvin Valley Route resurrected. This plan was for a dual three-lane road away from built-up areas, while the current plans would only give a dual two-lane road through Cumbernauld itself.
- Part of the reasoning for the choice of the Cumbernauld route is that the Kelvin Valley line would breach part of the Antonine Wall, whereas there is a gap of more than half a mile at this point.
- August 2006
- The public inquiry is over and the project will now definitely go ahead, with a start date in 2008.
- March 2007
- Three construction companies have been invited to submit tenders for the scheme.
More Information
- Website
- www.m80steppstohaggs.com
- News article
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk/.../SETD144.aspx
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With thanks to Paul Griffin, Gerry McKenna, Allan McPhail, Gordon, Ramsay Kyle, Tom Sheard and Graeme Holton for information on this page.
