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Posted on 22 Jul 2010
The new MP for the East Kirkintilloch area has been into the KI office for a briefing on what has been achieved by KI. Also, one of the local MSPs has arranged for a brief tour of the KI projects during the summer recess. Interest from local and national politicians is always...
Posted on 11 Jun 2010
Summer’s in full swing and the Kirkintilloch Link Road site has become a hive of ecological activity. Construction works have made steady progress over the past month. While the site team has been working hard on completing the road, the resident wildlife has also been...
Posted on 9 Jun 2010
Summer’s in full swing and the Kirkintilloch Link Road site has become a hive of ecological activity. Construction works have made steady progress over the past month. While the site team has been working hard on completing the road, the resident wildlife has also been...
Posted on 24 May 2010
The sale of the KI development sites is progressing well. At the closing date for registering interest KI received a number of interesting proposals for each of the sites. These interests are being assessed and a timetable has been set by the Consultants for bringing a report...
Posted on 21 Apr 2010
Winter 2009 to Spring 2010 update - this is my first diary entry this year. Over the winter I got out of the routine, due to pressures of the work associated with the Kirkintilloch Link Road. A number of people have asked about the diary so I know it’s valued and...
Posted on 9 Oct 2009
It has been just over two months since I updated the diary section. I just seem to have got out of the routine on doing it weekly. The workload associated with the Kirkintilloch Link Road and the urgency associated with these tasks has made it difficult to set aside the time...
Posted on 31 Jul 2009
The Scottish Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, Jim Mather is visiting Kirkintilloch next week. I have been preparing briefing notes. He will visit the Southbank area and I have been asked to be on hand to answer any questions. It is an ideal opportunity to publicise...
Posted on 24 Jul 2009
Asset Disposal Programme - Development opportunity signs have recently been erected at the KI land portfolio sites. The response to these signs has been encouraging. I have had a number of meetings this week with local business people who wish to invest in the...
Posted on 24 Jul 2009
The KI Executive Group met this week. The usual progress reports were considered but the main focus of the meeting was the future and how KI will interact (if at all) with the various other agencies that are responsible for ensuring that the Kirkintilloch and Lenzie area...
Posted on 17 Jul 2009
This week has brought a number of complaints about the impact of the works on people who live nearby, most of them noise related. Unfortunately some noise is an inevitable consequence of these types of works. However, there are restrictions on what the contractor is allowed to...
Posted on 17 Jul 2009
The KI Communications Group met this week. A monthly programme of press releases on the progress of the construction of the KLR has been agreed. Publicity arrangements for the handover of Integrated Care Centre building have also been put in hand.
Posted on 10 Jul 2009
This has been a busy week for formal progress meetings. The KLR Management Board meeting took place on Wednesday along with the various pre-meetings. I also met with the Council’s Planning Service for a regular update and have had a couple of sessions with the...
Posted on 3 Jul 2009
I have spent quite a bit of time at corporate groups this week. These include a Working Group looking at the future of transport provision in Kirkintilloch, a group looking at possible future development scenarios for Kirkintilloch Town Centre and a group coordinating traffic...
Posted on 26 Jun 2009
KI has been publicising the development opportunities available in Kirkintilloch over the past few weeks. The response has been quite encouraging. This process is at an early stage but it does seem as though there are quite a few people out there who are interested in...
Posted on 19 Jun 2009
At the KI Partnership Board meeting, which took place this week, the Board mainly considered progress reports on currently ongoing projects. Prior to the meeting the Board took a guided site visit around the projects and also took the opportunity to view the various sites...
Posted on 5 Jun 2009
Monday 20 April to Friday 5 June 2009
This diary entry covers a 7 week period. Regular completion of the diary has tended to take a back seat to a number of pressing issues which we have had to deal with over the past few weeks. The construction work on the...
Posted on 10 Apr 2009
One of the most noticeable features of the current economic climate is that the position adopted by many companies seems to change quite quickly. KI is experiencing this mainly in its asset disposal strategy. Discussions which have been progressed to quite an advanced stage...
Posted on 3 Apr 2009
The Kirkintilloch Herald approached me this week asking if I would be interviewed for a video report about recent developments in Kirkintilloch. I did the interview on Wednesday and the full report is now on the Kirkintilloch Herald web site. It is good to see the KI projects...
Posted on 27 Mar 2009
The KI Communications Group met this week. The main topics covered were the arrangements for opening of the Integrated Care Centre and publicity for the Link Road works. Also on the agenda were KI’s contribution to and involvement in the Kirkintilloch Canal Festival, the...
Posted on 20 Mar 2009
The KI Partnership Board meeting took place this week. Apart from the normal project-related progress and financial reports the Board were given a presentation on town centre issues and an update of recent developments on asset disposal.
Posted on 13 Mar 2009
It was a busy week for me preparing for the KI Partnership Board meeting which is next week. Reports need to go out in advance of the meeting and this involves bringing all of the financial and progress reporting systems fully up to date. I also met this week with the...
Posted on 6 Mar 2009
I had my regular meeting with EDC Finance this week. In these difficult times it is even more important that we jointly monitor the financial arrangements and take any necessary actions as early as possible. The KI Partnership Board is the main decision-making body of KI and...
Posted on 27 Feb 2009
The review programme for the Centre continues apace. This week we met with the Scottish Arts Council to update them on the work which had been completed and to clarify some of the conditions attaching to their offer of extension to their grant award. There was also a meeting...
Posted on 27 Feb 2009
The KI Executive Group meeting took place this week. where there was a varied agenda but much of the discussion focused on KI’s involvement with and position on initiatives being progressed by the Council in Kirkintilloch Town Centre. There was also a progress report on...
Posted on 20 Feb 2009
The Kirkintilloch Traffic Liaison Group met this week which I think is doing a really good job. It may be hard for the travelling public to appreciate the benefits of the group because there is so much going on in the Kirkintilloch area at the moment including the KLR;...
