Glasgow's planned Fastlink transport system will not be completed in time for the Commonwealth Games in 2014, the Evening Times has reported.
Instead, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
(SPT) and Glasgow City Council, who are jointly delivering the
project, say they are working towards a completion date of
2015.
The scheme is intended to have specially designed
buses using segregated roadways beside the River Clyde from the
city centre to the Southern General Hospital.
Some segregated roadways may be ready for use in
2014, but sources stressed what will be available for use that year
will not be Fastlink. The new Fastlink buses will also not be on
the road in time for the Games
The Fastlink scheme will be only part completed by the time
thousands of athletes, officials and spectators arrive in the city
for the Commonwealth Games.
Instead, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) and Glasgow
City Council, who are jointly delivering the project, say they are
working towards a completion date of 2015.
The scheme is intended to have specially designed buses using
segregated roadways beside the River Clyde from the city centre to
the Southern General Hospital.
Some segregated roadways may be ready for use in 2014, but
sources stressed what will be available for use that year will not
be Fastlink. The new Fastlink buses will also not be on the road in
time for the Games
Although some of the roadways alongside the Clyde have been
taking shape for years, the project is still officially at the
design stage.
SPT said some infrastructure would be in place but the full
completion date is 2015.
Source:
Evening Times: Games blow for Fastlink