Environmental health concerns from bird food

There are ongoing concerns about bird food being left within public spaces by residents. This food is encouraging vermin within greenspaces including public parks and play areas. 

New signage has been designed and installed by the council to discourage residents from leaving bird food within public spaces.

Cycle lane works at St. Georges Road

This week, I noticed significant progress to complete the cycle lane on St. Georges Road. During the last month, there has been creation of the cycle lane starting from Charing Cross.

View of the new cycle lane between Charing Cross and St. Georges Cross

Pedestrian crossings at junction with West Princes Street are closed off

The pedestrian crossing at St. Georges Cross at junction with St. Georges Road is the main crossing point whilst works are progressing at junction of West Princes Street. The slip road from the M8 motorway is also closed.

View of St Georges Road with roadworks 

There are significant restrictions on traffic movements along St. Georges Road with diversions in place. At the moment, traffic can travel one way from Charing Cross to St. Georges Cross.

Support for mosaic bollards at Woodlands

In recent weeks, I noticed that one of the bollards at Park Road had been damaged but thankfully, it has been reinstated. These bollards were established as part of neighbourhood improvements with support from local schools and Impact Arts in 1997.

Many thanks for the efforts by everyone involved in protecting and preserving these unique mosaic bollards. 

Ash Dieback infected trees at Queen Margaret Drive

There were ash trees infected with disease on the corner of Queen Margaret Drive and Maryhill Road. Tree works have been completed by the council in the last few weeks.

Four tree stumps after the removal of the infected ash trees 

More tree stumps after the removal of the infected ash trees 

It seems that a total of 23 trees were removed. This greenspace area is being assessed for possible replanting of trees as part of the Council's Tree Action Plan.

Storm damaged trees cleared from Kelvin Walkway

It has been possible to walk along the Kelvin Walkway from Kelvinbridge to Queen Margaret Drive after storm damaged trees have been cleared from the route. 

There are various section of the railings in need of repair. Heras fencing has been installed on a temporary basis in several areas along the riverbank.

The council's programme of works to clear up the tree branches and other debris from the storm are very much appreciated. Further investment is needed to support the maintenance of the Kelvin Walkway.

Scaffolding at Oakfield Avenue

Repairs to the collapsed tenement on Oakfield Avenue are progressing. There is a significant amount of scaffolding in place to support the site works.

Scaffolding at Oakfield Avenue.

Oakfield Avenue is closed to traffic at the junction of Glasgow Street for the duration of the repair works.

Contract works for cycle lane, St. Georges Road

The contract works for the provision of a dedicated cycle lane on St. Georges Road have started on 17th March. It is anticipated that the works will take 48 weeks.

Signage at junction of St Georges Place, Maryhill Road and St. Georges Cross

Junction of Maryhill Road at St. Georges Cross

Signage at St. Georges Road, next to St. Georges Cross

Signage at St. Georges Road, next to St. Georges Cross

The project is part of Connecting Woodside which provides significant improvements to active travel provision with funding from Sustrans and Transport Scotland.