A new transport hub at Muir Street, Motherwell is open and providing improved facilities for residents, visitors and businesses. It includes a new access road and path between Hamilton Road and the railway station, with a rank for eight taxis, parking for blue badge holders, and drop off spaces. An […]
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Work is progressing on a new crossing of the West Coast Main Line at Motherwell, which will be the largest concrete bridge structure to be transported into position in the UK. The bridge, delivered through a £16.9 million agreement with Network Rail, will take the railway line over a new […]
A public consultation on the preferred route for East Airdrie Link Road starts today (Monday 28 November). North Lanarkshire Council is inviting residents and businesses to give feedback on the proposed two-way single carriageway road which would run from the M8 at Newhouse to north of Riggend. It would link […]
Plans for a new road access junction and active travel facilities on the A8/M8 between Mossend and Newhouse have been approved by Glasgow City Region. North Lanarkshire Council has developed the plans as part of a strategy to improve access to jobs at Eurocentral, Newhouse and Mossend and encourage investment […]
In my last blog, I talked about the Region’s progress and achievements during 2021, culminating in the launch event in December of our new Regional Economic Strategy. Looking to this year, we will continue to build on this momentum, and in fact only a matter of weeks into 2022 there […]
Work on a new transport interchange at Motherwell railway station will start early next year. Approval has been given by Glasgow City Region City Deal for the £2 million project, and North Lanarkshire Council has appointed Balfour Beatty Ltd to carry out the work. The project on Muir Street will […]
A new economic strategy launched today for Glasgow City Region is set to have a profound impact on wider public sector policy, decision-making and spend over the next ten years for the local area of 1.8 million residents and 50,000 businesses. The strategy sets the approach for how the Region […]
Approval has been granted for plans to upgrade the road connections between Motherwell and Ravenscraig, including a new signalised roundabout at Airbles Road/Windmillhill Street and a dual carriageway to the Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility. The new road will run from the roundabout, east through the Orbiston Street industrial area before […]