by Gerry Braiden, The Herald
Almost £3m will be pledged this week to transform the derelict
area around Glasgow Harbour and the new Riverside Transport
Museum.
The enhancements include landscaping neglected ground, providing
floodlighting and river safety equipment and making improvements to
CCTV systems.
The area, at Pointhouse in Partick, which also takes in a public
slipway for river access, a public square and approach to a new
pedestrian bridge crossing the Kelvin, covers around 17 acres, not
including the museum building.
The £2.79m investment follows lengthy discussions between
Glasgow Harbour and the city council regarding the need for
high-quality public space within the area to attract people and
link the various components of the riverside regeneration.
George Ryan, head of development and regeneration, said: "The
quality of design of the Glasgow Harbour development is raising the
bar for projects of this scale and the council must make sure its
plans are to the same high standard."
"Negotiations with Glasgow Harbour partners on how to landscape
the area have been ongoing to ensure different projects were fully
integrated.
"The council's landscaping scheme for Pointhouse is the icing on
the cake to bring all the individual developments together."
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