M8

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

UPDATE 9 March 2026:  An additional night’s work is required to complete road marking improvements on the M8 westbound carriageway between Junctions 4A and 5. This will take place on the night between 20:30 on Tuesday 10 March and complete at 06:00 Wednesday 11 March . All other details remain as previously advised. Please see updates below in red.  RESURFACING … Continued

Overnight slip road closures 12 to 16 January 2026 The slip road from the M9 southbound onto the M8 westbound at M8 Junction 2 (Claylands) will be closed between 20:00 and 04:30 on the nights of 12 to 16 January, to allow Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland to upgrade streetlighting. Traffic on the M9 … Continued

UPDATE 15 December 2025: To allow contractors to remove traffic management safely, the M8 will be fully closed in both directions between Junctions 3A and 4 from 20:30 until 06:00 on the nights of Thursday 18 and Friday 19 December. A diversion route will be signposted in both directions via the A779, A7066, and the … Continued