Day nine: BMX competition delay warning

THE Evening Times is bringing readers a daily breakdown of what’s on in and around the city during the course of the European Championships, along with the routes to avoid for those commuting to and from Glasgow.

With just three medal events taking place across the city today, transport should be as close to normal as we’ve seen it since the games began last week.

The biggest source of transport disruption will come from the BMX cycling qualifier event in Knightswood park.

Roads surrounding the area, including Great Western Road and Lincoln Avenue, are expected to be much busier than normal throughout the day, while parking restrictions are also in place.

Scotstounhill railway station is also expected to experience more congestion than normal, particularly between 10am and 2pm as hundreds make their way to and from the BMX event.

Bus services through Glasgow City Centre and near to Glasgow Green are set to be busy, especially into the evening, as city residents celebrate the end of another day of sport with Festival 2018.

Looking ahead to the weekend, Saturday is expected to be fairly quiet with much of the roads and public transport understood to be carrying on as normal.

It will be slightly busier around Knightswood and Loch Lomond as BMX and open water swimming events get underway.

However, Sunday marks the return of the road cycling events through the city centre.

Dozens of roads are expected to close with bus services diverted throughout Glasgow and surrounding areas.

Advice is to leave the car at home and use public transport where possible.

For more information and live updates on the day visit getreadyglasgow. com.