Month of road closures to impact Falkirk area motorists

Road users in the south of the region will be impacted as essential water work is carried out.

A full road closure will be in place from Monday, August 31 at the roundabout on the B8028 Falkirk Road, Blackbraes Road and Boxton Road with a diversion through Avonbridge and California in place for the duration.

The diversions, some of which will last up to seven miles, will impact road users travelling between Shieldhill, California, Blackbraes and Avonbridge.

The road closures are needed to enable Scottish Water to upgrade pipes to allow a number of new houses to connect to the public water supply.

The new pipes will be installed under Blackbraes roundabout to allow connections to the existing pipes which are supplied by nearby Greyriggs service reservoir. As such, all roads to the roundabout need to be closed.

Donnie McIntyre, Scottish Water project manager, said: “We recognise this work will cause some traffic disruption in the area.

“This diversion is fairly large with some road users having to take diversions of up to seven miles. We thank customers and road users for their patience and understanding while this essential work is completed.”

Falkirk Council have approved the road diversions. Greyriggs service reservoir supplies water to more than 2000 customers/properties living in Avonbridge and Standburn areas.

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