2011 No. 68
Road Traffic

The M8 Motorway (Junction 10 Westerhouse Slip Roads) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2011

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 19841 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 134(2)2 of that Act they have consulted with such representative organisations as they think fit.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the M8 Motorway (Junction 10 Westerhouse Slip Roads) (Speed Limit) Regulations 2011 and come into force on 13th March 2011.

(2)

In these Regulations “M8 Motorway” means the M8/A8 Edinburgh-Greenock Trunk Road.

Restriction of Speed2.

No person is to drive any motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 30mph on those lengths of road specified in the Schedule to these Regulations.

KEITH BROWN
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

SCHEDULE30 MPH SPEED LIMIT

Regulation 2

1.

That length of the off-slip road connecting with the main eastbound carriageway of the M8 Motorway from the junction with the roundabout at Glasgow Fort (Junction 10) in a westerly direction for a distance of 105 metres or thereby.

2.

That length of the on-slip road connecting with the main eastbound carriageway of the M8 Motorway from the junction with the roundabout at Glasgow Fort (Junction 10) in an easterly direction for a distance of 80 metres or thereby.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations introduce a speed limit of 30mph on the slip roads at Junction 10 of the M8 Motorway which were constructed as a consequence of the ‘Glasgow Fort’ retail development.