2017 No. 286

Road Traffic

The M8/M73/M74 Motorways (30mph, 40mph and 50mph Speed Limit) Regulations 2017
Made
6th September 2017
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
8th September 2017
Coming into force
27th October 2017
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(2), (3) and (3ZA) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 134(8) of that Act they have consulted with such representative organisations as they think fit.

Citation and commencement
1
These Regulations may be cited as the M8/M73/M74 Motorways (30mph, 40mph and 50mph Speed Limit) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 27th October 2017.

Interpretation
2
In these Regulations—
- “the A725/A726” means the A725/A726 Shawhead – East Kilbride – Phillipshill Roundabout Trunk Road;
- “the A8(M)” means the A8(M) Swinton Roundabout – Baillieston Interchange Trunk Road;
- “the M8” means the M8 Edinburgh – Greenock Trunk Road;
- “the M73” means the M73 Maryville – Mollinsburn Trunk Road;
- “the M74” means the M74/A74(M) Glasgow – Carlisle Trunk Road;
- “distance” means the distance as measured following the centreline of the relevant carriageway or, as the case may be, the relevant slip road.

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.

Exemption
4
No speed limit imposed by these Regulations applies to vehicles falling within regulation 3(4) of the Road Traffic Exemptions (Special Forces) (Variation and Amendment) Regulations 2011 when used in accordance with regulation 3(5) of those Regulations.
H YOUSAF
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
6th September 2017
SCHEDULE

SPECIFIED LENGTHS OF ROAD
Regulation 3
PART 1

LENGTHS OF ROAD RESTRICTED TO 30 MPH
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 150 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 200 metres or thereby.
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 18 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 18 metres or thereby.
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 51 metres or thereby northwest of the point of that diverge, a distance of 52 metres or thereby.
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 30 metres or thereby southeast of the point of that diverge, a distance of 30 metres or thereby.
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 36 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 36 metres or thereby.
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 42 metres or thereby north west of the point of that diverge, distance of 42 metres or thereby.
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 56 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 56 metres or thereby.
PART 2

LENGTHS OF ROAD RESTRICTED TO 40 MPH
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 191 metres or thereby northwest of where the slip road merges with the eastbound carriageway of the M8, a distance of 788 metres or thereby.
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 112 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 552 metres or thereby.
10
That length of 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 carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, a distance of 296 metres or thereby.
11
That length of 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 being the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, a distance of 803 metres or thereby.
13
That length of the M73 being part of the slip road from the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to the northbound carriageway of the M73, from a point where the extended centreline of that slip road intersects with the centreline of the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to a point 66 metres or thereby northeast of that point of intersection, a distance of 66 metres or thereby.
14
That length of the M73 being part of the slip road from the southbound M73 to the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, from a point 41 metres or thereby northwest of where the extended centreline of that slip road intersects with the centreline of the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to the point of that intersection, a distance of 41 metres or thereby.
15
That length of the M8 being part of the slip road from the Bailliston Interchange Roundabout to the eastbound carriageway of the M8, from a point where the extended centreline of that slip road intersects with the centreline of the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to a point 24 metres or thereby southeast of that point of intersection, a distance of 24 metres or thereby.
16
That length of the M8 being part of the slip road from the westbound carriageway of the M8 to the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, from a point 18 metres or thereby east of where the extended centreline of that slip road intersects with the centreline of the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to the point of that intersection, a distance of 18 metres or thereby.
17
That length of the M8 being part of the slip road from the westbound carriageway of the A8 to the westbound carriageway of the M8, from the point where that slip road diverges from the westbound carriageway of the A8 to a point 139 metres or thereby southwest of the point of that diverge, a distance of 139 metres or thereby.
18
That length of the M73 being part of the slip road from Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to the southbound carriageway of the M73, from the point where the extended centreline of that slip road intersects with the centreline of the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to a point 70 metres or thereby southwest of the point of that intersection, a distance of 70 metres or thereby.
19
That length of the M73 being part of the slip road from the northbound carriageway of the M73 to the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, from a point 26 metres or thereby south of where the extended centreline of the slip road intersects with the centreline of the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to the point of that intersection, a distance of 26 metres or thereby.
20
That length of the M74 being part of the slip road from the A7071 Bellshill Trunk Road to the northbound carriageway of the M74, from the point where the slip road diverges from the A7071 Bellshill Trunk Road to a point 617 metres or thereby southeast of where the slip road merges with the northbound carriageway of the M74, a distance of 383 metres or thereby.
21
That length of the M74 being part of the slip road from the Raith Roundabout to the northbound carriageway of the M74, from the point where the slip road diverges from the circulatory carriageway of the Raith Roundabout to a point 116 metres or thereby southeast of where the slip road merges with the northbound carriageway of the M74, a distance of 180 metres or thereby.
22
That length of the M74 being part of the slip road from the southbound carriageway of the M74 to the Raith Roundabout, from a point 54 metres or thereby northwest of where the slip road merges with the circulatory carriageway of the Raith Roundabout to the point of that merge, a distance of 54 metres or thereby.
23
That length of the M74 being part of the slip road from the northbound carriageway of the M74 to the Raith Roundabout, from a point 58 metres or thereby southeast of where the slip road merges with the circulatory carriageway of the Raith Roundabout to the point of that merge, a distance of 58 metres or thereby.
24
That length of the M74 being part of the slip road from the Raith Roundabout to the southbound carriageway of the M74, from the point where that slip road diverges from the circulatory carriageway of the Raith Roundabout to a point 83 metres or thereby southwest of the point of that diverge, a distance of 83 metres or thereby.
PART 3

LENGTHS OF ROAD RESTRICTED TO 50 MPH
25
That length of the southbound carriageway of the M73 from a point 16 metres or thereby south of where the centreline of the southbound carriageway of the M73 passes over the centreline of the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to the point where the southbound carriageway of the M73 splits into the slip roads to the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M74, a distance of 1.6 kilometres or thereby.
26
That length of the M73 being part of the slip road from the southbound carriageway of the M73 to the northbound carriageway of the M74, from the point where the southbound carriageway of the M73 splits into the slip roads to the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M74 to a point 710 metres or thereby southwest of the point of that split, a distance of 891 metres or thereby.
27
That length of the M73 being part of the slip road from the southbound carriageway of the M73 to the southbound carriageway of the M74, from the point where the southbound carriageway of the M73 splits into the slip roads to the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M74 to a point 609 metres or thereby southwest of the point of that split, a distance of 619 metres or thereby.
28
That length of the northbound carriageway of the M73 from the point where the slip roads from the southbound and northbound carriageways of the M74 merge with the northbound carriageway of the M73 to a point 16 metres or thereby south of where the centreline of the northbound carriageway of the M73 passes over the centreline of the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, a distance of 1.9 kilometres or thereby.
29
That length of the M74 being part of the slip road from the southbound carriageway of the M74 to the northbound carriageway of the M73, from a point 555 metres or thereby southeast of where the slip road diverges from the M74 to the point where that slip road merges with the northbound carriageway of the M73, a distance of 329 metres or thereby.
30
That length of the M74 being part of the slip road from the northbound carriageway of the M74 to the northbound carriageway of the M73, from a point 516 metres or thereby northwest of where the slip road passes under the centreline of the Blantyre Farm Road to the point where that slip road merges with the northbound carriageway of the M73, a distance of 446 metres or thereby.
31
That length of the M73 being part of the slip road from the northbound carriageway of the M73 to the westbound carriageway of the M8, from the point where the slip road diverges from the northbound carriageway of the M73 to a point 174 metres or thereby northeast of the point of that diverge, a distance of 174 metres or thereby.
32
That length of the M8 being part of the slip road from the eastbound carriageway of the M8 to the southbound carriageway of the M73, from a point 655 metres or thereby southeast of where that slip road diverges from the eastbound carriageway of the M8 to the point where the slip road merges with the southbound carriageway of the M73, a distance of 1.2 kilometres or thereby.
33
That length of the M73 being part of the slip road from the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to the southbound carriageway of the M73, from a point 70 metres or thereby southwest of where the extended centreline of that slip road intersects with the centreline of the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout to the point where the slip road merges with the southbound carriageway of the M73, a distance of 276 metres or thereby.
34
That length of the M73 being part of the slip road from the northbound carriageway of the M73 to the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, from the point where the slip road diverges from the northbound carriageway of the M73 to a point 26 metres or thereby southeast of where the extended centreline of the slip road intersects with the centreline of the circulatory carriageway of the Baillieston Interchange Roundabout, a distance of 287 metres or thereby.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provision for speed limits on special roads as part of the M8/M73/M74 Network Improvements Project.
30mph speed limits are imposed on the roads described in Part 1 of the schedule, 40mph speed limits on the roads described in Part 2 of the schedule and 50mph speed limits on the roads described in Part 3 of the schedule.
1984 c.27. Section 17(2) was amended by the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c.22), schedule 8, paragraph 28, by the Road Traffic Act 1991 (c.40), schedule 4, paragraph 25 and schedule 8, paragraph 1, and by the Scotland Act 2012 (c.11), section 21(3). Section 17(3ZA) was inserted by the Scotland Act 2012, section 21(4).
Section 134(8) was inserted by the Scotland Act 2016 (c.11) schedule 2, Part 1, paragraph 12(5).
S.I. 2011/935.