An Impartial councillor has referred to as for pedestrian crossings to be put in alongside busy East Kilbride roads.
East Kilbride West consultant, David Watson, has referred to as for secure pedestrian crossings to be put in alongside Eaglesham Street, Greenhills Street and Redwood Drive.
Councillor Watson mentioned that crossings have been agreed as a part of a earlier planning software when plans have been submitted for a Retail Warehouse Park at Land at Redwood Crescent, Peel Park. This software is no longer going forward.
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It was agreed that managed pedestrian crossing amenities could be put in at: Eaglesham Street east of Greenhills Street on the extension of the present distant footway from Blaeshill Street; Redwood Drive roughly 130m north of the highway channel line of Eaglesham Street and Greenhills Street on the current distant footways which offer a hyperlink between Berridale and Blaeshill Street.
Councillor Watson instructed Lanarkshire Stay : "Home constructing continues within the Jackton on the Group Progress Space with increasingly homes approaching line.
"These crossings needs to be put in sooner relatively than later.
"When these developments undergo planning there's all the time loads of discuss energetic journey plans encouraging strolling and biking.
"For this to achieve success it wants greater than phrases, it requires secure highway crossing factors for pedestrians.
"Eaglesham Street and Greenhills Street are getting busier with visitors, so if we need to encourage residents to stroll secure crossing factors are crucial."
He added: "Though the positioning the place the Retail Warehouse Park was to be positioned is now the proposed web site for the Hairmyres station Park and Experience facility, we shouldn’t wait till that is agreed and goes by means of planning.
"There additionally needs to be a pedestrian crossing on Eaglesham Street at Lidl to permit secure crossing to the St James Centre retail space.
"The paths from the Jackton space are additionally strolling routes for colleges, native retailers on the St James Centre, prepare station and hospital."
However Councillor Watson has welcomed solutions that the velocity restrict on Eaglesham Street and Redwood Drive can be checked out, decreasing the velocity restrict from 40mph to 30mph.
Colin Park from SLC mentioned: “We're conscious of the considerations raised.
“Many are improvement led and we'll look to safe these are early as doable by means of the event of current or future planning consent together with the proposals related to Hairmyres Station redevelopment.
“However this, we're planning to undertake a pedestrian and vehicular survey on Eaglesham Street close to to the St. James Centre retail space later this month to higher perceive altering calls for within the space and in flip the relative precedence for funding.
“We can even shortly start the statutory course of related to the promotion of a brand new Site visitors Regulation Order to cut back the velocity restrict from 40mph to 30mph on Eaglesham Drive and Redwood Street.
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