Ravenscraig dominates any account of construction around Motherwell. The site of the former steelworks, between Motherwell and Wishaw, is one of the largest regeneration areas in the country and is being developed over decades with housing, a regional sports facility, a college campus and new roads. Earthworks and remediation on that scale mean long periods when lorries are crossing public roads.
Heavy industry has not gone. Steel plate is still rolled in the town, and engineering, fabrication and scrap businesses operate around it, while the freight terminals and distribution sheds at Mossend and Eurocentral lie a few miles north near the M8. The town has the M74 to the west, the A721 through to Wishaw and the A723 linking Hamilton with the A8. North Lanarkshire’s main council offices are also here.
Coverage in and around Motherwell
The same enquiry covers Motherwell, Wishaw, Bellshill, Holytown, Newarthill, Carfin, New Stevenston, Cleland and Newmains. Hamilton is immediately across the Clyde. Plenty of operators work this part of Lanarkshire because of the amount of industrial and development activity, but the same activity keeps them busy, so confirmation depends on capacity at the time of booking.