Phase one of traffic diversions begin at Strathclyde Business Park

The first phase of traffic diversions at Strathclyde Business Park (SBP) has begun this week.

Phase one of the £4.6million project will see a one-way system introduced to Strathclyde Business Park to ensure that all traffic travels safely around the Park.

Traffic coming from the north on the A725 towards SBP has been diverted past the current exit onto Belziehill roundabout, and therefore back onto the northbound A725 to access the Park using the new slip road. Traffic travelling northbound on the A725 now accesses the Park using the new slip road. The West Roundabout on the Diamond Interchange has been closed, which means that there is no access from this junction to either Righead Industrial Estate or Bellshill North Industrial Estate.

Joint venture partners HF Developments and AWG Property Ltd have appointed leading construction management company Farrans Construction Ltd, who have already carried out the initial part of the 40 week infrastructure upgrade, in completing the new slip road on the northbound A725.

William Hill, managing director of HF Developments, explained: “January 8th is a landmark date that many of us at the Park never thought we’d see take place because of the arduous five years it has taken us to get to this stage. We aim to have the work concluded by August.”

Three phases of traffic diversions are planned to support the work, maps showing the road on completion, along with details of the traffic diversions, can all be found by logging on to www.strathclydebusinesspark.com. There is also an email update facility that people can sign up for, to receive regular progress reports and details of traffic diversions.

Notes to Editors:

Strathclyde Business Park is a joint venture between HF Developments and AWG Property Limited. Well established as one of Scotland's most successful business locations, it is situated in 155 acres of mature parkland near Bellshill, Lanarkshire. The Park provides over 1.4 million sq ft / 130,060 sq m of business and lifestyle space to some of Scotland’s top companies, including Scottish Power, NTL, Woolwich Plc, Camelot, William Grants Distillers and Laing O’Rourke. Over 5,500 people are currently employed at the Park.

The site Masterplan provides for a further 500,000 sq ft / 46,450 sq m of accommodation, which will bring an anticipated 4,000 extra jobs to the Park.

Located in the heart of the Central Belt, the Park is minutes from the M8, M74 and M80, providing excellent access across Scotland and further afield.

For more information on the Park, and its location, accommodation, facilities and amenities, please visit our new website: www.strathclydebusinesspark.com