A major A77 junction is set to close during daytime hours to allow active travel works to take place.
The A77 northbound on and off slip roads at Bogend Toll will shut each weekday between 9.30am and 3.30pm.
Road maintenance operator Amey are carrying out the works on behalf of Transport Scotland to improve 'active travel' routes throughout the region.
The works will see the construction of the upgraded active travel route with associated crossing points on the side road.
Motorist have been warned the closure will come into force from this Wednesday (February 23) until Wednesday, March 9. The road will operate as normal out with 9.30am and 3.30pm Monday to Friday and at weekends.
The following signed diversions will be in place:
- 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.
Transport bosses insist that 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.
The improvement works will see existing cycle and footway lanes widened. The scheme is part of the Scottish Government's net zero target by 2045.
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