Consultation Extra: Glasgow, North City Way, public engagement Wednesday 03 April, and Community Links Plus

Received just this afternoon, at 18:01 from a poor soul working late on a Friday, an email from Glasgow City Council:

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

NORTH CITY WAY PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT EVENT – 03 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. It is for local authorities  and other statutory bodies 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,  Sustrans and our consultant will be available to answer any questions,  hear community views and receive feedback regarding the proposals at the  following events:

NORTH CITY WAY PROPOSALS

Place Making Workshop (Everyone welcome)

Wednesday 03 April 2019 from 2pm to 3:30pm

Milton Library, 204 Liddesdale Rd, Glasgow G22 7QR

Drop-in session (Everyone welcome)

Wednesday 03 April 2019  from 4pm to 7pm

Milton Library, 204 Liddesdale Rd, Glasgow G22 7QR

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.

After  the consultation events, you can follow progress of this project as it  develops by visiting the cycling pages on the Council’s website: www.glasgow.gov.uk/cycling.

Christine Francis
Head of Technical Services, Neighbourhoods and Sustainability

Information from the Sustrans website:

Glasgow City Council: North City Way
The North City Way (NCW) aims to deliver a coherent, predominantly segregated, walking and cycling route from Milton into Glasgow City Centre, via Ashfield, Cowlairs, Keppochhill and Sighthill. It will utilise a vehicle-free bridge over the M8 and a new bridge over the Glasgow – Edinburgh railway, creating a quiet and safe route to the City Centre for people on bikes and on foot from the north of the city and beyond.

Glasgow City Council: Yorkhill Kelvingrove Cycling Village
Through partnership working with Glasgow City Council and Sustrans, the Community Council have already overseen some enhancements to the area including improved roads, footways and signage, installation of cycle racks and on-street cycle pumps and new Nextbike stations. Following this success, this project aims to improve the look and feel of the area, prioritising the needs of pedestrians and cyclists and creating an attractive ‘gateway’ to the SECC/Hydro.