Project Benefits

The M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements will provide substantial benefits across the whole of the Central Belt of Scotland as well as wider economic benefits for the whole of Scotland.

Key benefits include:

• Improving journey times and journey time reliability through the Central Scotland motorway network
• Helping promote sustainable economic growth by improving access to facilities and employment areas
• Reducing emissions and tackling climate change by improving air quality and providing health improvement
• Reducing the time to transport goods and services
• Better connectivity between Glasgow and Edinburgh and to the south
• Cutting congestion
• Improving road safety through the reduction of traffic on local roads, reducing lane changing and helping prevent weaving between lanes.