At a cost of £692,000,000 for a 5 mile stretch the new road opened tonight just before 8:00pm. It was supposed to open at 7:00pm and the traffic in the area was backed up waiting for the police to remove the barriers.

I decided to head along for a look thinking it would all be well under way at 7:30pm, but not a chance, it was total chaos and I decided to drive into Glasgow and turn around rather than sit in the queue of traffic, by the time I came back the new M74 had opened

This was the state of play at 7:45pm, I hope the traffic jams are not this bad once it's up and running. The queue for the new M74 opening on my left

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Lovely shine on the old girls bonnet  
Gone - Range Rover Supercharged 2006

Just used it on the way into work, it's shaved about 3.5 mins off the journey time, I'll probably enjoy that more on the way home !