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A bid to slow down M8 traffic to 30 mph as it passes through Glasgow city centre will go in front of theCouncillor Christy Mearns wants the council to ask the Scottish Transport Minister for a six month trial to cut the speed on city centre sections of the motorway.
SNP Councillor Angus Millar, convenor for climate, Glasgow Green Deal, transport and city centre recovery plans to lodge an amendment to the motion calling for the city centre stretch of the M8 to be re-engineered or downgraded in the long term and replaced with an avenue or boulevardHe has written to the Scottish Government asking for Holyrood to work with the council to scope out short, medium and long-term actions to reduce the impact of the M8 on the city centre and surrounding communities...
Bailie Mearns added: “To do this, we need Transport Scotland to agree to a joint piece of work with Glasgow City Council; and we would like immediate actions to be explored which could lower air and noise pollution in the short-term. Other cities have seen transformations from incrementally downgrading or replacing their motorways and we should be urgently exploring it too.”
“Following the recent passage of our city centre transport plan, council policy is clear that we will engage with the Scottish Government to seek action on addressing the legacy and ongoing impact of the M8 on the city centre. As the council’s transport convener, I have raised this issue with the Scottish Government directly in person, and most recently in detailed correspondence to start a formal conversation between the council, government and wider civic society.
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