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UPDATE 28 April 2026: Overnight works will now take place on the night of Tuesday 5 May instead of Monday 4 May, to avoid the bank holiday. Overnight carriageway closures from Thursday 30 April 2026 Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is set to resurface 2 kilometres of the eastbound hard shoulder at M8 Duntilland, … Continued

Two-night carriageway closure on Thursday 16 April 2026 BEAR Scotland, on behalf of Transport Scotland, will be undertaking hard shoulder resurfacing on the M8 eastbound carriageway between Junction 6A and Junction 5 over two nights. Works will include a full eastbound carriageway closure between 8.30pm and 6am on the nights of Thursday 16 April and … Continued

Weekend contraflows 8-11 May and 15-18 May 2026 Expect long delays; consider alternative routes Motorists using the M8 in West Lothian on the weekends of 8-11 May and 15-18 May are advised to expect long delays and consider alternative routes, with BEAR Scotland planning major refurbishment works on a bridge carrying the motorway over the … Continued

Overnight carriageway closure 3 April 2026 A late-night closure of the M8 westbound carriageway between Junctions 3A and 4 is planned tonight, to allow additional works to be completed following the recent project to refurbish the bridge carrying the B792 local road over the motorway between Bathgate and Blackburn. The closure is planned to be … Continued

UPDATE 1 April 2026: No carriageway closure will be required on the night of Friday 3 April. The works will then continue as planned on the night of 7 April. Nine overnight carriageway closures from 1 April 2026 Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is set to resurface approximately 3 kilometres of the M8 westbound carriageway … Continued

Overnight slip road and carriageway closures from 17 March 2026 Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland is set to resurface 1.4 kilometres of carriageway on the slip road exiting the M8 eastbound at Junction 3, Livingston. The eastbound carriageway of the M8 between Junctions 3A and 3 will be closed between 20:30 and 06:00 on … Continued

Overnight carriageway closures 23 March to 4 April 2026 Overnight closures of the M8 westbound carriageway will be in place on the nights of 23 March to 4 April, to allow Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland to upgrade streetlighting. Between 20:00 and 04:30 on these nights, westbound traffic on the M8 will be diverted … Continued

Overnight carriageway closures 18 February and 14 to 22 March 2026 A series of overnight closures of the M8 westbound carriageway between Junctions 3A and 4 is planned, as part of the ongoing major project to refurbish the bridge carrying the B792 local road over the motorway between Bathgate and Blackburn. The first overnight closure … Continued

Overnight slip road closures, 18 and 19 February 2026 The M8 Junction 3 eastbound on-slip will be closed between 22:00 and 06:00 on the nights of Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 February, as part of investigation works on the bridge carrying the A899 Livingston Road over the motorway being carried out by Transport Scotland’s operating … Continued

Overnight lane closures 26 January to 24 February and 9 to 17 March 2026 Daytime hard shoulder closures 26 January to 2 March 2026 A series of overnight lane closures is scheduled on the M8 between Junctions 2 and 3, to allow trunk road operating company BEAR Scotland to carry out drainage construction works on … Continued

Five overnight carriageway closures from Tuesday 10 February 2026 The eastbound carriageway of the M8 motorway between Junction 5 (Shotts Interchange) and Harthill Services will be closed for resurfacing on the nights of 10, 11, 12, 13 and 16 February between the hours of 20:30 and 06:00. Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will carry … Continued

UPDATE 6 February 2026: These works were completed ahead of schedule last night, so the planned overnight closures of the A801 tonight and on Monday will no longer go ahead. Works commence 19 January 2026 Overnight closures of A801 northbound 5, 6 and 9 February 2026 Works to strengthen the bridge carrying the M8 over the … Continued