A strategy to improve North Glasgow areas including Possilpark, Springburn and Maryhill aims to tackle a lack of public transport and boost town centres, among other problems.
The council study reveal there is a lack of adequate public transport - for example, five buses or less, between 8am to 9am on weekdays - in Royston, west Germiston, west Sighthill, west Milton, east Possilpark, Ruchill and north east Summerston.
Other places including Maryhill Road, Saracen Street and Springburn Road boast a high availbility of bus services.
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People living in the north of the city have called for better bus services between Maryhill, Possilpark and Springburn and other transport upgrades as part of a consultation on the strategy
The draft North Glasgow Strategic Development Framework has been created to guide planning decisions, wich would help improve the quality of life in the city’s northern communities.
The SDF said: “It sets out a vision for North Glasgow to become a healthy, high quality and sustainable place in which to live, work and visit.”
To boost transport the SDF aims to support the rollout of Metro projects and potential park and ride projects.
The document also puts forward a vision of how Possilpark, Springburn and Maryhill town centres and Royston Road could look.
It said those centres could be made better with the council supporting local groups and business owners to “deliver shopfront, public realm and maintenance improvements.” The strategy contains concept designs of how the shopping hubs could look with potential makeovers.
Another concern showed some residents in the north of the city also live too far from a park or open space according to the strategy paper.
Certain residential areas lie more than 400 metres walking distance from “a potentially multi-functional, publicly usable open space.”
Those affected include Woodside, Port Dundas, south west Royston, central and west Springburn, east Possilpark, north west Hamiltonhill, north west and north east Ruchill north Maryhill and northeast Summerston.
However a number of other housing areas are situated within the 400 metre distance giving easy access to recreational space.
The strategy said "the SDF supports proposals to strengthen the north’s green corridors for nature and, where appropriate, active travel use, including River Kelvin and Canal corridors" among others.
The North Glasgow Strategic Development Framework was presented to councillors at the city administration committee last week who recommended it go to Scottish Minister for approval
When signed off it will be used to to serve as supplementary spatial planning guidance to the City Development Plan.
Its goals are to create “attractive and accessible business locations that support enterprise, employment and economic inclusion.
Another vision is for the north to have “thriving and sustainable neighbourhoods that support healthy living” and to be a place with “excellent public transport and active links.”
North Glasgow is one of six areas in the city identified for strategic development frameworks to coordinate building plans.
The six areas which include the city centre, Inner East and Greater Easterhouse, all have issues in common including large amounts of derelict land, inadequate public transport and barriers to cycling and walking.
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