This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Make the m8 motorway into 3 lanes frome newhouse to hermiston gait
The m8 is by far one of the worste motorways for congestion in Scotland if not the worste,
It is also one the busiest and main road in and of of Edinburgh/Glasgow withan avarage waiting time of 30+ minutes stuck in traffic.
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Extreme traffic congestion, breakdowns, and drivers who don't know the rules of the road cause this road to be one of the slowest roads to travel on for being a key road to both city centres
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