Opening date revealed for new Lanarkshire supermarket

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Lanarkshire’s newest supermarket is to open its doors next Thursday, November 24. The new branch of Lidl, at Carlisle Road in Airdrie, is the firm’s seventh store in North Lanarkshire and is to create up to 40 jobs.

Its opening date has been confirmed by an advertising campaign in the town; and completes the transformation of a former distillery warehousing site beside Airdrie's football stadium.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Lidl first submitted an application to construct the Airdrie branch – plus a further retail unit and a drive-thru restaurant at the location – in August 2020, with planning permission being granted five months later.

With former site occupiers Distell International relocating to a new £15 million facility in East Kilbride late last year, work began with the demolition of the historic warehouses at a location which previously housed a bus garage, a wartime base making aircraft parts and later a telecoms factory.The advertised November 24 date for the new supermarket is also confirmed online as the end of a 19-month construction period on a map of works maintained by the industry’s Considerate Constructors Scheme.Related roadworks have been taking place along the busy A73 main road alongside the site for the past three months, with a 10mph speed limit now in place until