Consultation Digest Issue 31, 04 April 2019 featuring Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire

Publishing a little late but hey, it’s school holidays, less traffic on the streets and, apart from that, your Digest author has been otherwise engaged. We have all sorts for you in this issue, so do please read on.

Contents:

Section 1: Current Consultations

1. Glasgow Broomielaw District Regeneration Framework, closes TOMORROW, 05 April.
2. North Lanarkshire Council Local Development Plan, closes TOMORROW, 05 April
3. **NEW** Glasgow Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Community drop in event Saturday 06 April
4. Glasgow Woodside Health Centre, Traffic Regulation Order, to prevent obstructive parking, closes 08 April
5. Glasgow Battlefield on-line responses open until 12 April
6. **NEW** North Toryglen green space & active travel designs event – Monday 15th April
7. East Dunbartonshire Council, Proposed Waiting Restrictions in Lenzie, closes 22 April
8. **NEW** Glasgow Pollokshaws Road/Eglinton Street Traffic Regulation and Parking Control, closes 24 April

Section 2: Forthcoming Consultations

Nothing this time.

Section 3: Consultation Feedback

1. Glasgow, North City Way

Section 1: Current Consultations in date order for responses

1.1 Glasgow Broomielaw District Regeneration Framework, closes TOMORROW, 05 April.

We have mentioned this a couple of times already and the GoBike letter of response, penned by the redoubtable Brenda will be going in tomorrow, bang on the deadline.

Please do complete the on-line survey, and our advice is to “Strongly Agree” with the proposals but “Strongly Disagree” that the content of the document can make them real. Use the boxes to get your views in.

The Consultation information is here and the survey is here Enjoy!

1.2 North Lanarkshire Council Local Development Plan, closes TOMORROW, 05 April

This plan featured as item 1.5 in Digest 30 and a brief GoBike response will be submitted tomorrow, again right on the deadline. Do put your fingers to the keyboard and let NLC know your views if you live, work or cycle in North Lanarkshire.

1.3 **NEW** Glasgow Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Community drop in event Saturday 06 April

Just in this week on twitter, news from the Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Cycling Village. Do get along and support them if you can.

If this community can do it, why can’t yours? Time to get active in your community, persuade your councillors to do more for cycling and let’s make Glasgow and surrounds cycling-friendly.

We have today, 04 April, received this message from Glasgow City Council:

“MESSAGE SENT ON BEHALF OF CHRISTINE FRANCIS
HEAD OF TECHNICAL SERVICES
NEIGHBOURHOODS & SUSTAINABILITY

YORKHILL & KELVINGROVE CYCLING VILLAGE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENT – 06 April 2019
I refer to the forthcoming events and apologise for providing you with such short notice.
Community Links Plus is a design competition which is run by Sustrans Scotland and supported by the Scottish Government which allows local authorities and other statutory bodies to bid for funding to design and deliver exemplary and inspirational cycling, walking and place-making projects. As you may be aware, in previous years Glasgow City Council was successful in winning funding for its South City Way project and the Connecting Woodside project.
As part of the current competition, Glasgow has three submissions that have progressed into the second round of judging: Glasgow Avenues Plus, North City Way and Yorkhill & Kelvingrove Cycling Village.
Our bids will be submitted to Sustrans on 26 April 2019 and in the meantime, a number of street surveys and public engagement events are being held to support the bid. Officers from the Council, our consultants, Sustrans and representatives from the community will be available to answer any questions, hear community views and receive feedback regarding the proposals at the following events:

YORKHILL & KELVINGROVE CYCLING VILLAGE PROPOSALS

• Drop-in session

Saturday 06 April 2019  from 10am to 12:30pm

Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street GLASGOW G3 8AW

• Place Making (Public workshop)

Saturday 06 April 2019  from 12:30pm to 2pm

Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street GLASGOW G3 8AW

If you require any further information, or cannot make the event and wish to make contact, please email sustainabletransport@glasgow.gov.uk  or phone 0141 287 9171.

You can also follow progress of this project as it develops by visiting the cycling pages on the Council’s website: www.glasgow.gov.uk/cycling, or by visiting the community council’s website, visit https://yokecoco.wordpress.com/.”

1.4 Glasgow Woodside Health Centre, Traffic Regulation Order, to prevent obstructive parking, closes 08 April

All the details for this proposal were in Digest 30 and the GoBike letter of support is here This is a residential area and it should not be used as a car park; please do support the restrictions on what even the City Council call “obstructive” parking.

1.5 Glasgow Battlefield on-line responses open until 12 April

Do visit the website, https://battlefieldproposals.commonplace.is/ and put your comments in.

1.6 North Toryglen green space & active travel designs – Monday 15th April

Here’s an email from Urban Roots:

” From: <gemma@urbanroots.org.uk>
Date: Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 1:26 PM +0100
Subject: Consultation – North Toryglen green space & active travel designs – Monday 15th April
To: <gemma@urbanroots.org.uk>

Dear All,

We would like to invite you to view the latest designs produced for the North Toryglen green space & active travel project on Monday 15th April. We are holding two sessions in Toryglen Community Base between 12pm-2pm and 3.30pm-6.30pm. Please see the poster attached and let me know if you plan to come along. If you are unable to attend you will be able to view and comment on the designs online at www.urbanroots.org.uk/northtoryglen from April 15th-30th.The interactive feedback map is also still live here if you wish to add any comments.  

Best wishes,
Gemma

Do get yourself there if you can.

1.7 East Dunbartonshire Council, Proposed Waiting Restrictions in Lenzie, closes 22 April

We first featured this in Digest 30 Item 1.7 and here’s the GoBike letter of support
Do write in to let East Dunbartonshire Council know your views.

1.8 **NEW** Glasgow Pollokshaws Road/Eglinton Street Traffic Regulation and Parking Control, closes 24 April

Here’s the email we received yesterday, 03 April:

“MESSAGE SENT ON BEHALF OF ANDY WADDELL
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
NEIGHBOURHOODS AND SUSTAINABILITY

Dear Sir or Madam,

THE GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL, (POLLOKSHAWS ROAD/ EGLINTON STREET)
(TRAFFIC REGULATION AND PARKING CONTROL) ORDER 201_

The Council propose to consider the introduction of the above named Traffic Regulation Order.
Please find enclosed a copy of the press notice of the proposed Order, relevant map, statement of reasons and detailed report.
Details of the proposals will also be available on the Glasgow City Council website at www.glasgow.gov.uk/proposedtro.
As stated in the attached documentation, any person wishing to object to the proposed Order should send details of the ground for their objection in writing to Group Manager, Sustainable Transport, Exchange House, 231 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RX or by email to land@glasgow.gov.uk by Friday, 24 April 2019.”

The documents provided are here: Advert Plan Report Statement of Reasons

These changes are required, as far as we can see, to facilitate the long awaited construction of the South City Way and will be supported by GoBike.

Section 2: Forthcoming Consultations

We have nothing for you this time.

Section 3: Consultation Feedback

3.1 Glasgow North City Way, exhibition Milton Library 03 April

We featured this in our Consultation Extra last Friday and Calum and Tricia from the GoBike committee went along (hope some other GoBike members did too). The news is good, although things are at an early, information-gathering stage. Disability campaigners agree with us about the need for dropped kerbs (none outside the library) and the desire to get rid of pavement parking.
The City Council have revised their initial plans, responding to views from local residents. It was initially thought that radial routes to the city centre would be a priority, but east-west travel to Springburn, Bishopriggs and Milngavie is important, so it’s likely that a network of routes will be developed.

There’s more information at: https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=24173

That’s it for this delayed edition but we’ll be back again a week on Tuesday.