Remove the M8

Campaign to remove the motorway from Glasgow city centre and put something better in its place. OPTION 3: REMOVE

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Next consultation event:

Wednesday 4 March 2026, 10am to 5pm
Woodside Halls, 36 Glenfarg Street, Glasgow, G20 7QE

Pls support option 3 and suggest removal of motorway and replacement with an multi-modal transport corridor for local traffic and restoration of lost urban grid

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Today, ask Transport Scotland to test a long term option for the central M8 that turns the route into an attractive urban street and opens up the land taken up by the motorway to housing, parks and development

https://t.co/lgfsLIfEBz

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@RuairiKelly_ The main driver is referring to the stadium - a totally different use with a layout fit for it's purpose. This layout is less fit for purpose as a residential place. Too much height and density and too expansive an open space. Not Glasgow. This is 1950s soviet place making.

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@ChasingHaggis What's stupid about testing options before committing to the one which is most successful?

What is stupid is throwing money at something that is failing in multiple ways, just because you've thrown so much money at it already.

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Council backs option 3 "remove"!
This is the option that could repair the city and heal the scar. Now we need the best professionals to work with the City and, most importantly, the people of Glasgow who will use the route, to get it right.

https://t.co/26v8Wigclj

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@ReplacetheM8 @Glasgow_Times @GlasgowCC Do get in touch (DM open)
over 10 years of recording deterioration of structures on M8 through Glasgow to share
Including #PinkstonBurn running directly under viaduct
Buried since 1850
Floods @GlasgowSubway(under M8)since 1896
Subsidence #PhoenixRoad >>

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@tamforrester You would drive through the city centre then. The connection isn't being closed in any scenario. It just wouldn't be a motorway on a concrete megastructure. Bypass traffic would go via the M73. Locals would drive through the centre

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@Ps95v7 @newglasgowsoc This is a Transport Scotland owned piece of infrastructure. The Council is not involved. But the council does want options explored which are better for the city in the long term. What city would want a polluting, noisy, space hungry traffic sewer in its city centre.

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@VidushiTiw @STVNews Hi please feel free to message

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New York style solution proposed for plan to demolish M8 viaducts https://t.co/jtD7SuZ6lE

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@BytewareAI @zexpe In that option it wouldn't be 'a major motorway' anymore. It would be a high capacity city street connecting to motorways it's about character. But if the next stage of the project - options testing - shows it doesn't work, then we accept it. But lets see.

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@BytewareAI @B_W_Marshall It's not insane to give professionals the opportunity to test a variety of options before committing to one. Rhas all that's happening here. If it doesn't work without viaducts then that will come out through the next stage of the project - more detailed design work

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@gensynergy They're just asking for an option to be viability tested! That's the stage we are at. The next stage will carry forward options and test them in detail. If all these routes can't meet at St G X and function without a viaduct then we have to accept it. But let's see.

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@tamforrester It might not be possible without bridges. It's a really complex challenge but at this stage it is simply testing options. If it isn't possible then we will have to accept the option that works.

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@yetiayrshore ...the option to ‘remove’ the M8 Woodside Viaduct could be consistent with the council’s position... to fully understand the nature of this opportunity, its feasibility and what alternatives and significant investment would be required to unlock transformational benefits.”

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@B_W_Marshall That's not in the scope of this project. But eventually maybe it would make sense to replace it with a low level bridge that everyone can use

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@onlythekeeperta @zexpe Well actually yes it is, in all scenarios the link will be cut for years. And in all scenarios something will be put back in its place which will take traffic.

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@zexpe It'll be a national scale project. It will be too big to fail because of the councils budget. The land is owned by the nation not the city.

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Council response backs demolishing M8 bridges through city.

“We consider the option to ‘remove’ the M8 Woodside Viaduct could be consistent with the council’s position and as such the council is ready to work constructively with Transport Scotland"

https://t.co/UMsdTr1hC3

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@zexpe Little too early for a concrete plan seeing as we are in the early stages of a consultation led by Transport Scotland who will ultimately decide. But there are lots of strategies if you're up to th challenge of navigating the website

https://t.co/s2ZBaagRss

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@HowardPidge No it won't. Once a historic building is lost it's gone forever. But we know how to build good buildings and we know what appropriate urban design for the city would be. Th area will need a masterplan to guide development and it needs to be citizen-powered.

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@zexpe That's not the plan.

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@zexpe It will have to be replaced with something. And thats the most exciting part of it. There is space for A LOT - it must include transport but it must also include urban repair. The council knows the potential.