M74 ?

An issue that will effect nearly the whole of the Southside is the new M74 connection which will pass right through the city and effectively cut off the south. In future when walking into town you will need to pass under 6 lanes of motorway.


The people at Jam74 were trying to put a stop to it but a legal action they tried to bring against the executive (for ignoring the public enquiry which advised the road was a bad idea) - didn't really get off the ground. I drew the coloured sketches posted here, for a article in the List around the time of the appeal. Not sure what the situation regarding any further appeals are.

The new road has created quite a bit of debate between Glaswegians for and against, but the academics and environmentalists do seem to agree that the good intentions behind the road - to ease congestion, speed up travel and reduced traffic using/ polluting minor roads will only be temporary. Research by several different groups around the world have advised that more roads actually just encourage more road users - and the fear is that within 5 years this new road will reach it's saturation and we'll end up with the same problems as before but this time involving double the number of vehicles. Considering the vast cost of the road - and the amount of alternative public transport this could buy - wouldn't improved trains/ buses be the sensible place to invest this money?

We'd be interested to gage every ones opinion so why not visit the links below for more info and then let us know what you think.

http://www.m74completion.com/ - official site
http://www.jam74.org/ - site of people trying to stop it being built
http://www.cbrd.co.uk/futures/new/m74.shtml- very odd site for motorway enthusiasts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/4757967.stm - thoughts of GP's

evening times - latest news from the evening times

http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/news/display.var.1452715.0.0.php - even newer news on the Herald's site