www.jfccivils.com Case Study - M8 Motorway, Scotland Project Outline The M8 motorway project is a public-private partnership to complete the Central Scotland highway network between the country’s two main cities Glasgow and Edinburgh. The section of the A8 between Balliestown and Newhouse was to be converted into a multi-lane highway. The Raith interchange was also upgraded and various sections of the M8, M73 and M74 widened. The total distance covered on this project was 28.6 kilometres of highway, 12.4 kilometres of new construction and 16.2 kilometres of upgrade works to existing roadways. The project was part of a £500m M8, M73 & M74 project aimed at tackling congestions problems in central Scotland and cutting journey times by up to 20 minutes. It was delivered on behalf

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