M77

Urgent warning issued to Scotland fans travelling to Hampden

Traffic Scotland has advised football fans to ‘plan ahead’ as delays are expected on the M8, M77, and M74 motorways.
The road firm says delays are also expected on local routes leading to and from the stadium.
The match is set to take place at Hampden …

Major Scots motorway shut down in both directions due to ‘ongoing police incident’

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.

A section of the M77 has been locked down

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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.

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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.

References

  1. ^ Glasgow (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
  2. ^ traffic (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
  3. ^ police (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
  4. ^ Shopping (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)
  5. ^ Twitter (www.thescottishsun.co.uk)

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Busy Glasgow road closed both ways due to ‘police incident’

Generic image of police car (Image: Archive)

A busy Glasgow road has been closed both ways by emergency services due to an incident.
Police locked down the M77 motorway between junctions 1 and 2, near Mosspark and Shawlands, around 5.30pm today.
Tr…

M77 in Glasgow incident sparks traffic chaos and delays

One lane of the M77 is currently closed after a collision at around 4.20pm.
There are currently delays of around 35 minutes on the northbound road near Mosspark. 
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