Link Road - Diaries

Monday 4 August to Friday 8 August - The Kirkintilloch Link Road Management Board met this week. This Board is the client body for the Link Road Contract. It involves representation from all of the funders. As well as being a funder East Dunbartonshire Council is represented...

Monday 28 July to Friday 1 August - Requests from local residents for the pre-construction information pack have really taken off this week. To date approximately 120 packs have been sent out by e-mail or surface mail. Each one of the people who have requested this information...

Monday 21 July to Friday 25 July - Detailed discussions between the Contractor and the Design Team continue with a view to finalising the details of the contract for construction of the Link Road. In the meantime the Contractor is developing his programme and carrying out a...

Monday 14 July to Friday 18 July - I have attended a number of meetings this week with the aim of finalising the details of the Link Road works. A new road which is 4 kilometres long with a number of side road diversions has a very large number of neighbours, who want to be...

Monday 7 July to Friday 11 July - Now that the main construction contract has been mobilised, the Design and Construction Teams are working hard on all of the arrangements required to get a site start during August. This includes: • The main site compound being set up...

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...

Monday 12 May to Friday 16 May - This week I have spent quite a bit of time dealing with local landowners whose businesses and homes are affected by the road proposals. Our aim here is to ensure that the construction of the road has as little impact as possible and that...

Monday 5 May to Friday 9 May - Before works starts properly on the Link Road it is necessary to ensure that all pre-contract information has been gathered. Once the work starts we will have lost any opportunity to record existing conditions. This week I’ve been...

Monday 7 April to Friday 11 April - Much of my time on the KLR this week has been at meetings dealing with the final legal and contractual agreements which need to be in place before a contract of this size and complexity can be let. On site the Contractor is now...

In anticipation of an early award of the construction contract for the Link Road a range of related issues are now being addressed. Prices are being sought for condition surveys of all of the properties which lie close to the line of the proposed road. Detailed preparations...