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A major diversion on Scotland’s busiest road has been hailed a success by transport bosses.

The first working week of the M8 diversion, which completes the six-mile “missing link” between Ballieston in Glasgow and Newhouse, North Lanarkshire, has resulted in drivers heeding warnings and using alternative routes or transport.

The diversion is necessary to connect the newly built M8 to the existing motorway at Baillieston Interchange, and means traffic is diverted via the A8 near Bargeddie.

Roads chiefs said they are closely monitoring the impact of the diversion and reminded drivers to avoid the interchange.

Although the diversion, which will last ten weeks, has been in place since Friday, this is the first week commuters travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh have used it.

A spokesman for Transport Scotland said: “Traffic management for the M8 diversion was implemented as planned over the weekend with the diversion now fully operational.

“Traffic has moved well

“Traffic management for the M8 diversion was implemented as planned over the weekend with the diversion now fully operational”

TRANSPORT SCOTLAND