Motorists are being advised that a closure to a stretch of the A77 northbound is to take place, starting next Monday, March 20.
Amey, on behalf of Transport Scotland, is updating the traffic management arrangements for their active travel improvement works on A77 between the Bogend Toll and Symington Junctions.
The work, which starts on Monday, March 20 and runs until Friday, March 24, will result in a daytime closure of the A77 northbound on and off slip roads at the Bogend Toll junction, between 9.30am and 3.30pm, each weekday.
The road will operate as normal outwith these times.
The closure of this junction is to allow the “safe construction” of the upgraded active travel route with “associated crossing points” on the side road.
During the closure times, signed diversion routes will be in place as listed below:
* Northbound off slip diversion: northbound traffic will be diverted north on the A77 to Bellfield Interchange where they will leave the A77 and take the 6th exit at the roundabout onto the A77 southbound. Traffic will then be diverted south on the A77 to the southbound off slip at the Bogend Toll junction where they will leave the A77 onto Tarbolton Road. At the roundabout, traffic will take the 3rd exit onto the B730 where the diversion will end.
* Northbound on slip diversion: at the roundabout west of the A77 at the Bogend Toll junction, traffic will be diverted to cross over the A77 via the B730 overbridge. At the roundabout traffic will take the 1st exit onto Tarbolton Road and then join the A77 southbound. Traffic will then be diverted south on the A77 to Dutch House Roundabout where they will take the 4th exit onto the A77 northbound where the diversion will end.
The work will also continue to be carried out using nearside lane closures of the A77 northbound carriageway between the Bogend Toll and Symington junctions.
Pedestrian and cyclist access to the shared footway will be maintained, with these road users being escorted through the works whenever any footway closures are required.
Access for emergency service vehicles will be maintained throughout these works.
Amery say the scheme will benefit existing people who currently use this section of the local cycle network each day by “widening the existing shared footway” to “better align” with Transport Scotland’s Cycling by Design guidance.
The scheme will also “encourage more users to walk, wheel and cycle for shorter everyday journeys, supporting the Scottish Government’s net zero target by 2045 and the commitment to reduce car kilometres travelled by 20 per cent by 2030.”
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