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'Disgraceful' 8,000 to improve
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Scottish hauliers sick of traffic jams on the notorious A8000 will welcome plans for an upgrade. Guy Sheppard reports.
DNE OF SCOTLAND's worst traffic bottlenecks, between the Forth Road Bridge and the M9. is to be removed following pressure from operators.
Scottish Executive Transport Minister Nicol Steven has pledged up to £24m to replace the A8000 with a dual carriageway.
The link — a main route from north-east Scotland to Edinburgh, Glasgow and the South — has been dubbed "a disgrace" by the Road Haulage Association.
In the next few weeks work is due to start on a 3km road that will bypass the A8000 and join up with the A90 near Dalmeny. It is expected to be completed by 2008.
RHA regional director Phil Flanders says: "The A8000 should have been part of the strategic road network but is classed as a local road. We have been campaigning for this improvement since the 1990s and urged Nicol Steven to get his finger out last year."
William Wishart, joint MD of Kirkcaldy-based Andrew Wishart & Sons says: "The only realistic option for us is to use this road when going south, but the delays can be anything from half an hour to an hour and a half during peak times."
Gary Devlin, transport manager of Carnoustie-based David Murray Transport,describes going into Edinburgh along the A8000 during the morning and evening rush hours as a nightmare: "They have got to do something otherwise it would get worse and worse. I would think it is one of the worst traffic black spots in Scotland."