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Vehicles to be diverted as £5.5m Thornliebank road bridge replacement begins in April
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Part of major motorway BLOCKED amid emergency incident (Image: Traffic Scotland)Part of a major motorway in Glasgow is ‘blocked’ due to an emergency incident.Traffic Scotland[1] has said lanes one and two of the southbound carriageway of the M74 at Jun…
DRIVERS are facing major delays after a ‘police incident’ closed a stretch of a busy Scots motorway in both directions.
Huge tailbacks were reported on the southbound section of the M77 in Glasgow[1] tonight.
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A section of the M77 has been locked downCredit: Alamy
Cars have been stuck in traffic[2] since shortly before 7pm after the police[3] incident.
The nature of the incident is currently unclear.
However, the stretch of the motorway is closed at junction 2 near Silverburn Shopping[4] Centre.
Traffic Scotland alerted drivers to the crash this evening with a post on X, formerly known as Twitter[5].
“There is an ongoing police incident, police have closed the road in both directions”.
Amey SW Trunk Roads also posted about the incident.
They urged all road users to use an alternative route.
They posted: “M77 closed both ways at Junction 2 (Silverburn) due to a Police incident. #usealtroute”.
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It is currently unclear what sparked the police response.
Police Scotland has been contacted for comment.
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