A £100million plan to redevelop East Kilbride's crumbling town centre will 'restore civic pride' in Scotland's first new town, project leaders say.
Like others through the pandemic it lost a number of large tenants such as Debenhams.
"Twenty years ago when Silverburn was being proposed the answer from East Kilbride was, well let's build more space and make itself an even bigger shopping centre to take on that competition, which is entirely understandable at the time but of course with the benefit of hindsight, all that has done is exacerbate the problem.
The ice rink, PureGym and Odeon cinema will remain while the area between Plaza and Olympia will be redeveloped as a new civic square with the public asked to decide what they would like it to be used for., who grew up in the town, said he had been pushing for change for a number of years and was delighted it was finally happening.
The masterplan has a number of green aspirations, including making cars less dominant and delivering more space and access points for pedestrians and public transport connections.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
Plans to demolish a third of East Kilbride town centre revealedEmpty departments stores in East Kilbride could be replaced with homes and open air public spaces.
続きを読む »
East Kilbride Shopping Centre in administrationAdministrators say Scotland's largest undercover shopping and leisure centre will continue to trade.
続きを読む »
£139m funding for East Kilbride rail improvements is given green lightBenefits for the town include electrification of the rail route and a relocated accessible station at Hairmyres
続きを読む »
Met Office extends thunderstorm warning to north east of ScotlandA yellow thunderstorm warning has been expanded to include northeastern parts of the UK.
続きを読む »
Porteous nets his first goal for ScotlandRyan Porteous scored his first goal for Scotland in a 3-0 Euro 2024 qualifier against Cyprus last night.
続きを読む »
Scotland's Billy Gilmour on wait for a first senior goal, and his Brighton redemptionIN his fledgling career to date, Billy Gilmour has seen and done just about it all...
続きを読む »