MULTIPLE accidents have caused chaos for rush hour motorists in Glasgow.
A handful of crashes were reported this evening and, despite having been cleared, Traffic Scotland have warned traffic is still heavily congested on the M8.
Eastbound queues stretch from junction 27 at Paisley to junction 18 at Charing Cross, while westbound traffic is slow between junction 15 at the Royal Infirmary and junction 26 at Hillington.
With 4 earlier RTCs now CLEARED, the #M8 around #Glasgow, traffic is very congested 😩
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) December 12, 2018
Hope you've got some good tunes to listen to while in the car, Christmas ones perhaps? 😜🎅
E/B queues from J27 Paisley to J18 Charing X
W/B queues from J15 Royal Infirmary to J26 Hillington pic.twitter.com/oCZ5aoL7ZS
The issues are a result of crashes across the busy motorway.
An accident at 4.40pm left the offside lane partially blocked on the run up to the junction 20 Kingston Bridge eastbound.
*CLEARED* ️⌚️16:54#M8 E/B on the run up to the J20 Kingston Bridge - offside lane now CLEARED ✅ Thanks to emergency services for attending.
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) December 12, 2018
Traffic congested through out the #M8 this evening, expect delays, 😔#GlasgowTraffic @ScotTranserv https://t.co/vJDKEK6MtH
While, five minutes later TRISS was called out to tackle a crash at junction 19 Anderston eastbound, which left the second lane partially blocked.
The incident resulted in traffic queuing back to junction 22 Kinning Park.
*CLEARED* ️⌚️16:45#M8 E/B J19 Anderston - lane 2 of 2 now CLEAR ✅thanks to TRISS.
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) December 12, 2018
Traffic very slow and queued back to J22 Kinning Park 😩#GlasgowTraffic @ScotTranserv https://t.co/8QM70aPmUB
A smash involving a HGV blocked lane one of four at junction 23 Dumbreck eastbound, close to Govan and Ibrox.
Drivers have been warned to expect delays.
*CLEARED* ️⌚️16:44#M8 E/B J23 Dumbreck (Govan/Ibrox) - lane 1 of 4 now CLEAR ✅. Traffic queued back to J27 Paisley 😔@ScotTranserv #GlasgowTraffic https://t.co/6RdsDmKqs7
— Traffic Scotland (@trafficscotland) December 12, 2018
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