Long-awaited improvements to the Avon Gorge are to be pushed back as part of a plan to carry out vital work at a dangerous junction and improve access to the M9 motorway.
Falkirk and West Lothian councils have agreed to work together to bid for 'levelling up' cash that will allow them to upgrade Junction 3 of the M9. Members of Falkirk Council's executive heard on Tuesday that any improvements to Junction 3 - which is in West Lothian - will also benefit residents of Bo'ness, Blackness and Grangemouth as it will make it quicker and easier for them to access the motorway network.
The same day, West Lothian councillors also gave their unanimous backing to the joint £15 million bid to the UK Government's Levelling Up fund. The bid will be submitted for the joint Linlithgow and East Falkirk parliamentary constituency, and the cash will be used to create an all-ways slip road on Junction 3 of the M9 and improve road alignment at Champany - an accident blackspot - in the Falkirk council area.
