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Southbank Area Redevelopment - Diaries
Posted on 1 Sep 2008
Monday 18 August to Friday 22 August - Work started this week on the Southbank Access Road. Initially the Contractor has to carry out some demolition of the buildings on the site and he has to clear away building materials etc. which were left by the previous owner. The work...
Posted on 13 Aug 2008
Monday 4 August to Friday 8 August - I met this week with the residents from the Eastergreens Avenue area to update them on progress with the proposal to build the Southbank Access Road linking Lenzie Road to Donaldson Street to provide an additional access road into the...
Posted on 12 Aug 2008
Monday 28 July to Friday 1 August - I gave a presentation on Monday to Stuart Stevenson MSP, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change. The Minister was visiting East Dunbartonshire to see the regeneration work which is currently going on in the area. The...
Posted on 10 Aug 2008
Monday 14 July to Friday 18 July - Discussions regarding the land acquisition and planning consent for the Southbank Access Road are continuing. These discussions are taking much longer than was anticipated and their lack of recent progress is beginning to cause some...
Posted on 15 Jul 2008
Monday 2 June to Friday 4 July - This diary entry covers a period of 5 weeks, one of which has been a holiday week for me. The diary has fallen behind a little due to the frenzy of activity associated with the Kirkintilloch Link Road contract and getting the Integrated Care...
Posted on 20 Jun 2008
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...
Posted on 9 May 2008
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...
Posted on 8 May 2008
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...
Posted on 4 Apr 2008
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...
Posted on 7 Mar 2008
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...
