Transport Masterplan - Diaries

  Further progress was made this week with the Kirkintilloch Transport Masterplan. I met with Council representatives to consider a proposal for developing a transport model for the whole town. This is a tool which will allow us to assess the effects of various...

A lot of discussion has taken place recently with the Council’s Transport Team about the KI transport proposals. It has been agreed that KI work on producing a mathematical model for the roads in the Lenzie Road Corridor should be extended to take in the town centre....

After a bit of a stop / start approach to these improvements the contractor has now agreed a programme for completion with the Council’s Roads Service. Most of this work can be carried out with little disruption to the flow of traffic and pedestrians. However, there...

I have been involved in extensive discussions recently with the Council’s Planning and Roads Services about the approval and implementation of a Transport Masterplan for the Kirkintilloch area. Due to the wide ranging impacts of the KI projects on transport KI has...

There have been a number of meetings recently with landowners in the Woodilee Road Corridor to agree a submission to the Local Plan Issues Paper. The aim of this group is to achieve redevelopment of the Woodilee Road Corridor which is beneficial to the Kirkintilloch area...

A planning application for a road linking Lenzie Road to Donaldson Street in Southbank was formally lodged last week. The proposed road runs from just north of Civic Way through the edge of the Whitegates industrial area and joins Donaldson Street just west of Southbank...

Work started on Monday on the public utility diversions required for the junction improvement at Lenzie Road / Kirkintilloch Road / Gallowhill Road. Scottish Power is currently moving it’s cables into what will become the verge of the new road. British Telecom will...

A full Transport Assessment for the Leisure Centre has now been submitted to the Planning and Roads Services. Detailed discussions are also taking place on a range of transport issues including access to the Southbank area, parking strategies for the Southbank area, the design...

Improving the transport infrastructure in the Kirkintilloch area is a key target for Kirkintilloch’s Initiative. Apart from the obvious need for the Kirkintilloch Link Road there are a whole range of related improvements which are being pursued through a Transport Master...

Work continues on the acquisition of land for the construction of the Kirkintilloch Link Road. It looks likely that efforts to acquire by agreement have gone as far as is likely to be effective for most of the landowners. For the few remaining parcels of land discussions are...