Welcome to the Lenzie Community Council website. The aim of this site is to provide an information channel between the Council and the community. The event calendar will tell you of upcoming events organised by the Council, or by other organisations when they tell us (all dates highlighted in grey). You can find Council Minutes, which will give you a blow-by-blow account of deliberations. Topics of special or current interest are covered in individual posts as they arise. The Links page takes you to external websites where there are items of interest. You can send us comments using the ‘contact us’ form. And, finally, go to the ‘archive’ (under Event Calendar) to check older items that have been displaced by newer posts.
This is a new venture for the Council, so bear with us as we learn how best to use it to provide you with information and find out what issues concern you that we might address.
East Dunbartonshire Council Transportation Group have proposed a new parking and traffic plan for Lenzie. Under the ‘traffic’ heading, Kirkintilloch and Auchinloch Roads, between Gallowhill Road and Crosshill Road will be ‘visually narrowed’ to slow traffic, encouraging use of the Link Road and leading to a quieter and more pleasant village.
A 2-hour ban on off-street parking in a zone around Lenzie Station will be applied to reduce all-day commuter parking, which has been causing increasing problems for residents and businesses. This will be combined with plans to create more off-street parking using identified land. There will be provision for resident parking and other needs.
Detailed plans are given in the Development & Infrastructure Committee June papers. The plans will be set out for public consultation, probably in early August and necessary Traffic Regulation Orders sought thereafter. Extensions to off-street parking will take some time to negotiate and implement and the timescale for completion is given as 18-24 months.
A really sunny day made the 2010 Lenzie Gala one of the best, as the community came together to enjoy an afternoon of family entertainment. Thanks from Lenzie Community Council to the Rugby Club for providing the venue and to all those who helped to make it such a special event. We’ll be looking for your ideas to make next year even more special.
Healthy Habit’s latest production is a first class illustrated brochure laying out ten walking and cycling routes in and around Kirkintilloch and Lenzie.
You may know some of these routes but are sure to find some new challenges in short and long walks that take you all over the area. Each walk description is supported by interesting information about the area and the likely wildlife that might be seen.
Drop into the Kirkintilloch shop and get your copy.
The budget cuts proposed by East Dunbartonshire Council officials for 2010 included a recommendation to close Lenzie Library, together with three other small libraries. An alternative, to “investigate possibility for transfer to community ownership” was also listed. However Councillors did not accept this recommendation but agreed on a cut in opening hours to save money. The opening hours at Lenzie Library are already restricted – it is not open on Saturdays, for example – so further reduction will undoubtedly reduce usage, making the case for closure next year even stronger.
Lenzie has a great wee library. In addition to books, there are audio books, CDs and DVDs. The library runs weekly rhymes and stories sessions for pre-school children and offers free internet access. If you are looking for a particular book, perhaps for a school project, this can be ordered and collected from Lenzie. You can also access the library catalogue online and order a book to collect from Lenzie. Why not give your library a regular visit and try to maintain usage. See ‘Links’ page for further information. (Comments on this post have been enabled.)
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