Clydebank re-built

Town Centre

Clydebank re-built and West Dunbartonshire Council are working in partnership to improve the functioning of the town centre and to complement development activity on the riverside. Several early action projects have already been completed, including the upgrade of the north canal bank between Argyll Road and Kilbowie Road as well as the replacement of the canopy over the main canal pedestrian bridge at the Clyde Shopping Centre.

Other projects are also being advanced in partnership with the Council.

The Council-owned Playdrome leisure centre site has been marketed for a food superstore. Bids are being assessed and further news is expected in Autumn 2009.

Detailed proposals are also being developed to upgrade transport facilities focussed on Chalmers Street. Strathclyde Partnership for Transport envisages constructing a new bus station, starting in 2010, and there a plans to improve other facilities in the vicinity.

Clydebank re-built is committed to upgrading Hume Street and Alexander Street as strategic links to Queens Quays and the Civic Heart, with a programme of environmental and streetscape works also expected to begin in 2010.

In addition, West Dunbartonshire Council has made a bid to the Scottish Government for Town Centre Regeneration Fund monies. If successful, it is intended that environmental improvements will be undertaken to the south canal bank of the canal in the town centre, complementing improvements on the north bank. A decision of this funding is expected in October / November 2009 although design works are already underway.