September 15 2022

Glasgow City Council has launched a consultation plan over the creation of two 'liveable neighbourhoods' stretching from Ruchill to Cowlairs in the north and Langside to Toryglen in the south.

Both districts will receive funding to encourage walking and cycling through investment in the public realm, including improvements to the Dummy Railway footpath and the area around the Langside Monument.

Designed to reduce car dependency the work will support both active travel and public transport by making important thoroughfares such as Ruchill Street and Battlefield Road more attractive to pedestrians.

Currently, at RIBA Stage 2 the early concepts include eliminating unnecessary roads around the Langside Monument by reconfiguring the existing roundabout, complementing ongoing public realm improvements in the area.

Feedback on the draft proposals is invited until 7 October. 

8 Comments

#1 Posted by Mary Hill on 15 Sep 2022 at 11:04 AM

This looks like a first year university project

#2 Posted by Marcus on 15 Sep 2022 at 23:27 PM

Wow yet another public consultation from GCC… honestly the money they must spend carrying out the thousands of these exercises could have paid for them to follow through with at least 2/3 projects they carried out consultations on about 5 years ago… I completely understand the need for community but do they honestly think people don’t notice years have passed and nothing materialises from any of these consultations?

#3 Posted by Passerby on 16 Sep 2022 at 05:20 AM

#2 wait what?
You want the council to just crack on like a dictatorship and do these things without asking and understanding any impact on residents? This isn't the 60's when Glasgow got a motorway whether it wanted it or not. If the residents had been asked, they might not have the M8 slicing through Glasgow, still have trams, have an extended subway....

#4 Posted by modernish on 16 Sep 2022 at 10:09 AM

I'm all for active play and letting kids learn through experience...but i'm not convinced a slide that shoots them straight onto a road, albeit with a zebra crossing, is the way forward

#5 Posted by Fat Bloke on Tour on 16 Sep 2022 at 10:19 AM

Liveable neighbourhoods -- will that include people with drug dependency issues?

Loads of flowery talk but little meaningful action.

#6 Posted by Fat Bloke on Tour on 16 Sep 2022 at 10:31 AM

Ruchill / Possil elements -- pathetic offerings / very low rent / very small scale.

Incredible that they are getting the full public consultation effort -- for a few tress and a bit of a path.

Is that how far Glesga has fallen -- round of applause when the council opens a packet of crisps?

#7 Posted by Jimmy Squirrel on 16 Sep 2022 at 13:20 PM

#5 if by "people with drugs dependency issues" you mean junkies then let's hope the answer is no.

#8 Posted by Marcus on 17 Sep 2022 at 16:15 PM

#3 Not sure you quite understood or properly read what I wrote… I completely understand the need for community engagement, it is a vital tool for helping shape communities for the better. This is not my issue (if you had read properly), the issue here is that GCC spends an exorbitant amount of time and money never actually realising any of the plans after engaging with communities, it is just a cycle of endless consultations with no intention of following through with resulting community vision.

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