Slip roads on Glasgow's busiest motorway are to be closed for a full day to make way for a pro-Indepdence match.

The M8 westbound off-slip at Junction 18 Charing Cross and westbound Junction 15 Townhead on-slip will be closed all day.

Thousands of people are expected to join the All Under One Banner march.

Glasgow City Council and Police Scotland have requested the closures in a bid to protect public safety.

The procession is set to leave Kelvingrove Park around 1.30pm tomorrow to make its way to Glasgow Green.

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It will cross the M8 at Charing Cross, meaning the westbound carriageway will be shut off from the Junction 15 onslip at Townhead.

Paul Lynch, Scotland TranServ’s Network Manager, said: “The safety of motorists and the wider public is of paramount importance to Scotland TranServ. It is with this in mind that we have been asked by authorities to implement a series of junction and lane closures to protect the public safety of marchers taking part in Saturday’s large scale event.

“In order to reduce disruption to weekend workers, we will implement these closures from 9.30am on Saturday morning, until such time as advised it is safe to do so.

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"The safety of our workers will also be fully considered in the removal of restrictions. Alongside Traffic Scotland, we will keep drivers informed through Twitter, when these closures are able to be lifted and the M8 returns to normal flows.”

Traffic management will be implemented from 9.30am.

A full list of the affected junctions:

• M8 westbound junction 15 onslip at Townhead CLOSED

• M8 westbound lane closure junction 15 to junction 18

• M8 westbound junction 17 at Great Western Road onslip CLOSED

• M8 westbound junction 18 onslip at Phoenix Road CLOSED

• M8 westbound junction 18 at Charing Cross CLOSED

• No access from Charing Cross or new City Road