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M8 & Glasgow Gridlock

Post by Dominic » Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:37 am

Jeez!! It's gridlock in the west today.

The M8 west bound, & M80 south into Glasgow have been closed all morning. All the roads around the north of the city are jammed up :evil: Took me 1 hour 45 mins to do a 10 min journey :evil:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/gla ... 624629.stm

Can't grumble too much though; at I least i was not one of the unlucky ones caught out in the fuel spill; 14 seperate crashes, one 8 car pile up! Let's hope they catch the culprit!
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Re: M8 & Glasgow Gridlock

Post by mac » Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:09 pm

Mandy left for Clydebank at 7am this morning - arrived at 11.40am having tried various diversion. Eventually took the train in!


I've been trying to arrange for an improptu autotest at Junction 11 but haven't been able to get permission from the Strathclyde's finest.


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Re: M8 & Glasgow Gridlock

Post by Lazydonkey » Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:37 pm

It was wierd - i was delay by 5 mins but going the other way was complete carnage - happened about 10 mins before i got there

not nice :(
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Re: M8 & Glasgow Gridlock

Post by VXJON » Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:50 pm

Diesel on the road?


First time I've heard that excuse :D

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Re: M8 & Glasgow Gridlock

Post by CSK_423 » Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:01 pm

Very weird indeed to see the westbound carriageway empty, was like a scene from 28 days later :D

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Post by bertieduff » Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:22 pm

I really really miss working in the city.

Today, I had to go see a client in Campbeltown. Rush hour on the Mull of Kintyre was just awful too. :mrgreen:

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Re: M8 & Glasgow Gridlock

Post by DDtB » Sat Sep 20, 2008 12:59 am

bertieduff wrote:I really really miss working in the city.

Today, I had to go see a client in Campbeltown. Rush hour on the Kintyre Peninsula was just awful too. :mrgreen:

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Post by bertieduff » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:12 am

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Post by Dominic » Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:12 pm

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