A reminder that as of this week, Glasgow City Council will be issuing penalty notices to those caught driving in bus lanes who aren’t entitled to be there. So if you’re not driving a bus, riding a bike, or in a taxi, check the operating times of the bus lane before you cross the white line. Full details here.
If you have to visit a loved one in hospital, there is a free evening transport service available for those who need it most. It serves 7 Glasgow hospitals and offers a door-to-door service. You need to book in advance by phone on 0845 128 4027 – full details are here.
There is a growing political will to improve the state of Glasgow’s bus services. Patricia Ferguson MSP told the Community Council recently of her aim to have buses re-regulated, and Patrick Harvie MSP has set up this broad-based (and fun) campaigning website at betterbuses.org – complete the survey and have your say there!
The long-promised double yellow lines on corners around Weymouth Drive, Leicester Avenue, and Beaconsfield Road should be in place by 18 May.
On the subject of obstructive car parking, Joe Fitzpatrick MSP wants to bring forward a Responsible Parking Bill in the Scottish Parliament – read more about it and take part in his consultation (till 30 June) here.
Bob Doris MSP has sent us this letter about the Rail 2014 consultation (now closed), where he tells us that the Transport Minister Keith Brown has reassured him that there are no plans to close the Maryhill line.
There remain some concerns that proposed improvements to the Glasgow-Edinburgh service (EGIP) will take Queen Street station over its capacity, which will then make it difficult for the Maryhill line to continue there. Discussions are ongoing.
This letter from Patricia Ferguson MSP is the latest news. (6 March 2012)
Kelvinside Academy have notified us that they will soon be submitting a planning application to build a Pre-5 nursery at Balgray playing fields. Detailed plans are not available yet, but they have shared with us this site plan. Expect more on this soon.
UPDATE The planning application has been lodged, and you can access it here [see update below for easier link]. The reference number is reference 12/00274/DC and the planning officer is Mr A Dale 0141 287 6016. The deadline for making representations to the council is 28 March.
UPDATE 15 MARCH Kelvinside Academy would like to meet with residents at Balgray on Tuesday 20th March at 6.30pm. Please email kelvindalecc@hotmail.co.uk if you are planning to attend.
UPDATE 20 MARCH The deadline for representations to the Council regarding the application is Wednesday 28 March. These can be emailed to planning.representations@drs.glasgow.gov.uk . You must provide your name and address: full details on how to make representations are in the council’s Have Your Say leaflet here. According to this, ‘Traffic, parking and access problems’ are considered material grounds for an objection. Note that your representations will be published in due course on the council’s website.
Finally, to save you fighting through all the documents on the planning website, the actual proposal is here (it may take a minute to download).
Bob Doris MSP and representatives from Glasgow City Council will be visiting the Baronald Drive area this Friday morning, 2nd March to investigate concerns about car access/’rat running’ and parking in the area between Kelvindale Rd and Cleveden Rd.
The plan is to meet outside the Spar at 10.30am: call John Letford in Bob Doris’s office on 0141 353 0784 if you can make it.
The council’s vision for Glasgow’s next 50 years (yes, fifty!) is now available for consultation and comment. The can read the draft report here: FG 2061 Draft Full Version.
The consultation ends on Friday 10 February, and you can take part in the process in various ways:
Glasgow City Council planning applications can now be viewed online at https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applications/
You may have seen the stories in the Evening Times about a proposed closure of the Maryhill Line including Kelvindale station. The public consultation for the Rail 2014 plan (here) states that there are a number of stations in Glasgow which are less than a mile away from another one, and, at paragraph 7.11:
We do not intend to reduce the size of the Scottish rail network, or reduce the number of stations, but we are considering whether it would be possible to re-configure the network by reviewing the location of stations. We would welcome views on what locations may be more appropriate for stations and which current stations are no longer required. Overall, we are considering the location of stations that could offer the greatest benefits to Scotland.
So, if you use our station and you want to keep it where it is, please respond to the consultation by 20 February: details on how to do this are here. What they need to know is why it is important for us to have the station in Kelvindale: who uses it, how often they use it, and where they go to and come from when they do.
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