Station car park on typical weekday
Following earlier announcement of a new traffic and parking plan for Lenzie (see East Dunbarton Council micro website) the public consultation meeting in Lenzie Public Hall on 19th August was packed out. Every view from scepticism to qualified approval was expressed.
Only those views and comments that are made via the consultation response form will be considered by the Transportation Planning Team and the deadlines for submission are 5 pm on Friday 27th August for the B757 traffic management plan and Friday 17th September for the Station Parking Management scheme. All plans and information for both schemes are on view in Lenzie Library.
Question was asked at the meeting – what traffic reduction on B757 would be expected when the Link Road is open? A traffic model produced by KI (before the present B757 plan was developed) suggested the following:
Hornshill M80 roundabout to Lenzie Station predicted 60-70% daily reduction
Lenzie Station to Whitegates predicted 52% daily reduction (48% am peak; 29% pm peak)
Whitegates to Donaldson St 39% daily reduction; (30% am peak; 16% pm peak).
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 monthly Market at Union Street, formerly on Wednesdays, has now moved to the last Saturday in the month. It has also grown larger, with all kinds of stalls. If you miss the Saturday it’s on, you can also make the trip to the Bishopbriggs site at Huntershill Village, where you will find the market on the first Saturday in the month.
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.)
Three new members have joined the Community Council since the AGM (see ‘About LCC/Who we are’). They are Donald MacLeod, Elizabeth Ibbotson and John MacFadden. We look forward to their contributions. However, more members are always welcome, as it helps us to have contact over more of the Lenzie community and lightens the load for all of us. So the last paragraph in the Who we are page is still relevant.
Heavy rain at the end of November caused the Gadloch to rise much above the fence next to the Auchinloch path. This is the worst flooding known in recent times, according to a long-time Auchinloch resident. The background to the Auchinloch path closure was given in an October post (see October archive). (See also ‘More news and pictures’.)
The pictures below of the Robroyston flood attenuation works, upstream of Gadloch, show very little water in the accumulation pond, relative to the potential volume, which can be judged by the height of the bank opposite. The outflow into the Standburn also looks much larger than the capability of the Gadloch outflow works to cope. (These pictures were taken within an hour of the previous Gadloch picture.) The obvious conclusion is that not much ‘flood attenuation’ is happening.
Blockage of the Gadloch outflow tunnel has previously been blamed for the flooding problem but the outflow from the tunnel into the Park Burn was recently observed to be pretty vigorous. (Comments on this post have been ‘enabled’.)
flood attenuation pond
outflow to Standburn
The former crumbling wooden steps at the north end of Christine’s Way have been replaced by a proper asphalted ramp, leading up onto Donaldson Street in Kirkintilloch. From there, you can cut straight across beside the Southbank Marina and cross the new Canal footbridge to the north side of the Canal. This means that there is an almost continuous, traffic-free path from Lenzie Station, via Lenzie Moss and Boghead Wood, all the way to the centre of Kirkintilloch. (Click pathmap1 to download.)
railway path
SEE 1st Nov UPDATE below
Construction works for the Kirkintilloch Link Road have caused some difficulties for walkers on many popular local paths, but the contractor has responded well to suggestions. For example, part of the informal path from the Larkfield corner to Woodilee Cottages was obliterated as it cut right across the line of the Link Road. However, hard core was laid to form a useable footpath on the East side of the Link Road works, to join up with the original path as it goes up the hill. This remains a much safer alternative to walking on Woodilee Road.
The former Woodilee Hospital site is currently being used for temporary storage of earth from the roadworks and it is now difficult to cross the site in this area. The situation will gradually improve over the winter as the earth is taken back to form road embankments.
1st Nov update – The original low-level Railway Path from Garngaber Avenue and the high-level path from Eastern Garngaber are effectively closed for the time being, even when work is not obviously in progress. The earthworks for the Link Road cut across both of these routes and can’t be negotiated at present. The alternative return route from the diverted Strathkelvin Railway Path is via the access track up from Bothlyn Bank and then along Lindsaybeg Road.
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