M8

Hard shoulder closure for nine weeks, commencing 29 October 2025 Trunk road operating company BEAR Scotland is to replace around 2,580 metres of boundary fence on the Westbound and Eastbound M8 between Junction 5 and Junction 6, near Salsburgh and Duntilland, in an investment by Transport Scotland worth £230,000. Fencing replacement work is planned to … Continued

Overnight westbound carriageway closures 27-31 October 2025 Overnight eastbound carriageway closures 3-7 November 2025 A series of overnight carriageway closures is planned on the M8, to allow Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland clean the Harthill Footbridge over the M8 motorway. The closures will also be used to carry out drainage works and safety barrier … Continued

UPDATE 21 October 2025: These works at the M8 Junction 3 westbound on-slip will now take place between 20:30 and 06:00 on the nights of Thursday 23 and Friday 24 October (two nights only). Overnight carriageway closures 22, 23 and 24 October 2025 The slip road onto the westbound M8 at Junction 3 near Livingston will … Continued

Full weekend road closure 19-22 September 2025 Five overnight road closures 22-26 September 2025 The B792 between Blackburn and Bathgate will be closed over the weekend of 19-22 September and on the nights of 22-26 September, to allow repair work on the deck of the bridge carrying the local road over the M8 motorway. The … Continued

Overnight slip road closure 17 September 2025 The slip road exiting the westbound M8 at Junction 4A near Whitburn will be closed for resurfacing works between 20:30 and 06:00 on the night of 17 September. The project will see Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland renew 50 metres of high friction surfacing to improve safety … Continued

UPDATE 6 November 2025: One additional overnight slip road closure will be required to complete road marking works on the M8 Junction 3 eastbound on-slip.  Three overnight slip road closures from 24 September 2025 Fifteen overnight carriageway closures from 29 September 2025 Overnight slip road closure 17 November 2025 BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, will … Continued

Overnight slip road closures 15-20 September 2025 Overnight lane closures 21-26 September 2025 Essential works to upgrade streetlighting on the slip road from the M9 southbound onto the M8 eastbound at Junction 2 near Ratho will begin on the night of Monday 15 September and continue until the night of Friday 26 September. Transport Scotland’s … Continued

UPDATE 29 August 2025: Due to changes in the programme elsewhere, these works on the M8 will now commence on 2 September and continue until the night of 17 September. Overnight carriageway closures 2 to 17 September 2025 BEAR Scotland, Transport Scotland’s operating company, is set to resurface a section of the M8 westbound carriageway between … Continued

UPDATE 01 September 2025: Due to heavy rain on Friday night, resurfacing works on the M8 Junction 4A off-slip require one additional night of works tonight. Works will now complete at 6am on 2 September. The same closure will remain in place. See details below in red. UPDATE 20 August 2025: To accommodate these works, … Continued

Overnight lane restrictions 24 August 2025 As the major project to refurbish the bridge carrying the B792 local road over the M8 motorway between Bathgate and Blackburn progresses to the next phase, overnight lane restrictions are needed in order to adjust the traffic management. Traffic on the M8 westbound will be restricted to a single … Continued

Overnight lane closures from 11 August to 16 September 2025 Daytime hard shoulder closures from 1 to 9 September 2025 Trunk road operating company BEAR Scotland is to conduct a drainage Investigation on the M8 between Junctions 2 and 3, near Newhouses Road south of Broxburn. The scheme will involve a camera survey and jetting … Continued

Overnight slip road closures Thursday 7 August 2025 Overnight slip road closures to repair defects in the carriageway will be in place at M8 Junctions 3 and 4 on the night of Thursday 7 August. The M8 Junction 3 westbound on-slip will be closed from 20:00 until 23:00, with a diversion route signposted via the … Continued