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For our June ride, we will head up to the Whitelee Wind Farm. The route out will be through the South Side of Glasgow, Rouken Glen Park and Newton Mearns, and the return will be through East Kilbride and King’s Park. Along the way we will see new cycle infrastructure in Newton Mearns and East …

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Coming up the Clyde… Further changes for the Broomielaw, more Liveable Neighbourhoods and transport plans.  Section 1: Current Consultations(in date order for responses) 1.1: Howwood Road development Council: Renfrewshire Council.Subject: “Proposal of Application Notice (PAN) to Renfrewshire Council for the site… Bounded By Dundonald Ave, Highcraig Ave, Craigview Ave and Craigbog [Ave], Johnstone. The purpose of the …

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Life on the edge… The latest Liveable Neighbourhood consultation features some less well known areas at the edge of the city. They have some surprises, as a recent GoBike ride found in Ruchazie (pictured) with its rare water vole habitat. LN consultation events for Lambhill to Milton take place TODAY and tomorrow. Nearby, the Flourishing …

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This ride will see us heading out to Renfrewshire via Govan and Hillington. We will see progress on the Paisley-Renfrew path, and use the new cycle facilities in the Glasgow Airport and Inchinnan areas, then take a tour around the Dargavel area. After that, we will head for the Erskine Bridge and cross to the …

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All around… East Renfrewshire has the most consultations this time with its eight town centre surveys. East Dunbartonshire has a pair either side of Bishopbriggs, to the north and south (A803 Stage 2 closing soon). The latter affects North Glasgow as does Flourishing Molendinar. Also, there’s parking on an NCN in South Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire …

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In the centre… Town centres dominate this issue – one in South Lanarkshire (visualisation in featured image, above) and no less than eight in East Renfrewshire! Elsewhere, North Lanarkshire’s consultations continue and South Ayrshire looks at car parking. Glasgow has a few projects in both the West End and in the north of the city – one …

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Our postponed annual ride focusing on cycle infrastructure in Glasgow will be this coming Sunday. We shall take a look at a number of new and recent developments on the north side of the city, starting by heading for the Riverside Museum where we will see the new bridge to Govan taking shape. Then we will …

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At the root… As Spring approaches, there’s new life in grassroots Glasgow projects in the Southside, North East and some related projects in the West End. There’s also city centre and Nextbike news. East Renfrewshire are going big with five projects at once. North Lanarkshire have neighbourhood conservation areas and a few traffic orders. East …

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Rising in the East… An earlier Digest ahead of the last East Renfrewshire drop-in event for five further projects. GoBike hopes the person cycling on Ayr Rd who was involved in a recent collision with a bus driver can make a full recovery. Glasgow, has plans for air quality, two projects in the West End …

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We will head through the western side of Glasgow before reaching Bearsden and Milngavie. Along the way we will pass a couple of historic buildings. After visiting the Mugdock and Craigmaddie Reservoirs, we will return towards Glasgow along the Bears Way, and then join the Forth & Clyde Canal to head towards Speirs Wharf, finishing …

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