Southbank Area Redevelopment - Diaries

Monday 19 May to Friday 23 May - Final discussions regarding the conditions on the planning consent for the Southbank Access Road took place this week. KI and the East Dunbartonshire Development Company now believe that all necessary information is with the Council’s...

Monday 28 April to Friday 2 May - This week saw completion of the land acquisition for the Southbank Access Road. Other pre-start conditions are also being addressed. It is hoped that work on site will now be able to start in mid-May. Prior to this there will be further...

Monday 21 April to Friday 25 April - Planning for the future in the Southbank area runs in parallel with the construction work on the marina, the footbridge and the offices. I met this week with a colleague from the Council’s Transport Team to discuss a masterplanning...

Monday 3 March to Friday 28 March - This diary entry covers a 4 week period which for me included a weeks holiday and the Easter weekend. It is amazing how the loss of a few days at work creates an intense catch-up period in which some tasks such as the Director’s Diary...

There has been quite a bit of activity on site at Southbank. Canal users and local residents will be seeing a huge amount of progress. The central section of the footbridge over the canal was lifted into place on 28th February. I went along to see the final lift which I found...

Monday 18 February to Friday 22 February - I met this week with representatives of the Council’s Planning Service and the Council Transport Team to discuss the development of a masterplan for the Southbank area. There is general recognition that development has taken...

We met again this week with residents affected by the proposed Southbank Access Road. Unfortunately our design engineers had not advanced the detailed design of the road as much as we had hoped for this meeting. There are many reasons for the slow progress including delays in...

Anyone who has been in the Southbank area recently can’t fail to have noticed that the marina, the footbridge and the office / restaurant developments are well advanced. The Contractor is expecting to complete these works by May 2008. The marina gives a unique setting...

Discussions continue with the residents of Eastergreens Avenue, Donaldson Street and Southbank Drive regarding the layout and landscape proposals for the Southbank Access Road. Agreements have been reached with the Council’s Roads Service on the detailed design and this...

The meeting with residents which was postponed from last week took place this week. The Engineers have been able to provide enough information to allow discussion of various alignment changes which address some of the residents concerns. Agreement was reached on the best way...