A May completion date has notified drivers using Scotland’s busiest road to prepare for the best part of nine months of disruption due to roadworks. Work on Junction 26 on the M8 – spanning both the eastbound and westbound carriageways – began on Monday morning, reports the BBC.

With the exception of a brief break for the festive period, disruption on the road, which is used by 150,000 people a day, is set to run until 10 May next year.

The £10m programme will focus around upgrading and refurbishing four bridges around Junction 26, which have become riddled with potholes.

The work will be carried out over five phases, running from 8 September until 10 May. The first phase will run until 1 October, with a contraflow system established on the M8’s mainline carriageway at Junction 26 – meaning traffic will go in the opposite direction to how it should normally flow.

Lane Two and Lane Three of the eastbound carriageway and narrow running lanes will be closed during this phase.

A total closure of the eastbound on-slip road will be implemented as well, and traffic will be diverted as a result.

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