Project Area
There are seven projects in total. Using the navigation bar to your left you can select each project to find out more about it, and to answer some questions relating to it. If you're completing this survey on a phone, the navigation bar will be in a drop-down menu at the top of your screen. Please give your thoughts and feedback on as many proposals as you like, but we encourage everyone to also complete the general questions at the start of the survey as well.
We encourage you to take your time, as some of the questions are quite specific. Answering questions in each section will take approximately 3 minutes.
- 1
Royston Square Placemaking
- 2
Junction 15
- 3
Rosemount Street to Alexandra Parade
- 4
Germiston Neighbourhood Improvements
- 5
Riddrie Park and Cemetery
- 6
Royston to St. Rollox Retail Park Connection
- 7
Cloverbank Street to Armadale Path
General questions
We want to understand your general preferences on public space and its use, so that we can consider this when looking at the proposed improvements in greater detail. Across the proposed improvements, there may also be scope to include additional features. Understanding your preferences can help us prioritise these. These are just general questions and there will be opportunities in the later questions on each proposal itself to give us more specific thoughts.
Questions
Royston Square Placemaking
Improving the accessibility and public space of Royston Square, enhancing the space as a destination, supporting business and helping to realise its potential future upgrade to local centre status.
Existing condition
The public said...
Royston Square could be doing so much more for the area as a public space.
The square feels very disconnected from the street, and isn’t very accessible.
There could be more life to the square, which could link into projects other groups are working on in the area.
Proposed improvements
Key design features:
- Addressing accessibility between street level (on Royston Road) and the square above.
- Improve the existing public square by creating opportunities for public life from seating, planting and lighting to public art.
- Consider how different groups could be encouraged to use the space, from small children, young people and older people.
- Support local businesses to make use of the space through business spill-out.
- Consider opportunities for programmed events such as markets or performances within the space.
Questions
Junction 15
Improving the quality, legibility and directness of the currently complex network of walking and cycling routes through the Junction 15 area; focussing pedestrian and cycle movement on fewer, enhanced routes that better serve users.
Existing condition
The public said...
The routes under the M8 from Royston toward Townhead and the Royal Infirmary are very convoluted, and require lots of ramps and weaving to get from one side to the other.
The area is very harsh and not very pleasant to walk through.
Many people choose to jaywalk busy roads around the M8, because it’s quicker and easier than using the route of underpasses.
The gradients are very steep in some points, and aren’t very accessible or safe.
Proposed improvements
Key design features:
- Simplifying the existing network of walking and cycling routes through the area, removing duplicated routes and creating a more legible network.
- Creating a more direct walking and cycling route between Springburn Road and along Castle Street, with new/upgraded crossings where required.
- Improve the route between Roystonhill and the west side of Castle Street, closing the existing underpass, levelling the ground to reduce topographical barriers, providing a new path and introducing a formal crossing point of Castle Street.
- Exploring options for widening the existing pinch point of the shared use footway on Springburn Road.
Questions
Rosemount Street to Alexandra Parade
Improving existing walking and cycling links between Royston and the city centre to better connect communities to opportunities and services.
Existing condition
The public said...
Royston feels very disconnected from Dennistoun and Alexandra Parade because of the M8.
The paths, underpasses and bridges to cross the M8 are convoluted, not accessible or feel unsafe.
The paths, underpasses and bridges to cross feel poorly maintained, and aren’t a nice environment to use as a pedestrian or on a bike.
Proposed improvements
Key design features:
- Improving the existing bridge including resurfacing.
- Considering opportunities to improve the bridge ramp on the south side, improving accessibility.
- Improving the landing point at Rosemount Street, creating a more attractive and open entrance space to the bridge and considering public realm and greening improvements.
- Remove existing pallisade fencing and creation of a new surfaced path leading to St Joseph’s View and St Joseph’s Court.
Questions
Germiston Neighbourhood Improvements
Implementing a package of accessibility, greening, walking, and cycling improvements to support local active travel, climate resilience, biodiversity, and street attractiveness and encourage playing out and socialising, focussing around Barmulloch Primary School.
Existing condition
The public said...
Germiston feels very disconnected from both Royston and Blackhill.
Royston and Blackhill seem to have a lot of work going on to try and improve them, and Germiston often feels forgotten about.
The ways to move north from Germiston are very limited and don’t feel safe.
Royston Road feels like a very busy road for through-traffic, which just blocks Germiston off from other areas, and doesn’t feel safe for pedestrians or on a bike.
Proposed improvements
In our area analysis, and in conversation with locals, we came to realise that with existing groups and focus already on the Royston and Blackhill areas, Germiston could benefit from an area-wide focus. This scheme will aim to provide general improvements across the entire area, and will attempt to connect other projects planned in the neighbourhood. These other projects include greenspace and playpark proposals around Barmulloch Primary School, better connecting to areas North of the railway line, and the public realm elements of the future HMP Barlinnie development. You can find more about these other projects in the FAQs section on our website.
Key design features:
- New walking and cycling path between Broomfield Road and Forge Street, improving access to Barmulloch Primary for communities to the north.
- Street greening focussing on Forge Street and side roads, introducing street trees, rain gardens and better drainage.
- Improved accessibility by narrowing junctions, wider footways, dropped kerbs, tactile paving and reducing junction corners.
- Public realm and walking infrastructure improvements around the school.
- Improvements to Coll Place to enhance accessibility and tie in with local green space improvement plans.
Questions
Riddrie Park and Cemetery
Enhance access to Riddrie Park and Cemetery for local communities, by introducing new entrance points. Improve the permeability between communities and access to local green space such as Hogganfield Loch, and improving Loch View green space.
Existing condition
The public said...
There isn’t much direct access to green space, without taking long pedestrian routes to reach Hogganfield Loch.
The cemetery is very large, but doesn’t feel like a useful green space for public activity.
The roads around parts of the cemetery feel very busy, and with narrow pavements or poor accessibility, making the route around it more difficult.
Proposed improvements
Key design features:
- Improving the entrance to Riddrie Park and Riddrie Cemetery from Greenside Street, introducing an improved gateway, surfaced path, and signage.
- Explore opportunities for introducing more biodiverse and interesting planting, and informal play.
- Create a new link between Riddrie Cemetery and Loch View green space, providing links to Hogganfield Park.
- Explore opportunities to improve Loch View green space, introducing informal play and planting for example, and highlighting Molendinar Burn.
- Create a new north eastern access point to Riddrie Cemetery from Royston Road.
- Provide a surfaced path link between Riddrie Park and Riddrie Cemetery.
- Re-open the closed access point to Riddrie Cemetery from Provanmill Road.
Questions
Royston to St. Rollox Retail Park Connection
Overcome long-lasting poor accessibility between the Royston community and St Rollox Retail Park, through exploring opportunities for new at-grade walking and cycling connections through the former railway work site.
Existing condition
The public said...
A connection to St. Rollox from Royston would be a huge improvement for local journeys to the retail park, in terms of accessibility, ease and time.
Some of the roads around St. Rollox which need to be used as the route now feel very tight for pedestrians, and unsafe to walk on at points.
Proposed improvements
Key design features:
- Identifying and exploring the potential locations for a new link between Charles Street and St Rollox Retail Park, considering the land ownership challenges, development potential and local aspirations.
- Identifying opportunities to shape any future development proposals of the former St Rollox Railway Works to deliver the proposed link.
- Considering the character and form of the new route, and any opportunities for placemaking, public realm and accessibility improvements along the route.
Questions
Cloverbank Street to Armadale Path
Improve the existing walking route between Royston and Alexandra Parade, addressing legibility, directness and accessibility to create a simplified route, improving access to the local centre, rail and bus services present to the south.
Existing condition
The public said...
This route used to be open, and provide better access to Alexandra Park, however it had to be closed for anti-social behaviour.
The route now goes through a series of up and down routes to cross the motorway.
At some points, it’s easier to jaywalk across roads with desire lines, making it a more unsafe route.
Royston could have better connections to the south, to Alexandra Parade and Dennistoun.
Proposed improvements
In our conversations with the public and local community groups, it was highlighted to us that the underpass between Alexandra Parade and Royston was closed due to anti-social activity. With the thought and some local feedback that enough time has passed, this proposal considers a trial of reopening and improving this underpass, to help create a more simplified route away from traffic.
Key design features:
- Reducing level changes and improving the directness of the existing route by considering options for an at-grade route alongside Viewpark Avenue; or alternatively a raised facility, utilising the existing bridges and ramps.
- Considering the possibility of reopening the closed raised walkway beneath the M8, potentially on a trial basis initially.
- Improve the quality of the route by maintaining / improving planting and vegetation, and considering opportunities for public art, lighting improvements and wayfinding information.
Questions
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