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14/09/2007
Glasgow Harbour Makes Supermarket Planning Application
Peel Holdings subsidiary Glasgow Harbour Ltd, the company behind the £1billion Glasgow Harbour waterfront development, has lodged a planning application for the construction of a major supermarket.
If successful, the 130,000 square foot supermarket will be built at the West End of the 130-acre regeneration project.
The store, which will be located between the Riverside Walkway and South Street, will also host 252 apartments with a view of the Clyde, specialist shops, a café and a landscaped public square, with a new pontoon on the River Clyde.
The supermarket will be easily accessed via: the planned Fastlink public transport system which links Glasgow Harbour to the city centre and Glasgow Harbour’s £25m package of road works and infrastructure improvements currently well underway on the Clydeside Expressway, which is radically improving the local road network for both the local communities and road users throughout the city.
Glasgow Harbour Managing Director Euan Jamieson said: "There is currently a great deal of debate about the proposals for provision of a supermarket at Partick Cross. There has been strong and well-publicised resistance to the plans and a degree of concern about the scale of the proposed development and possible traffic congestion in what is a recognised traffic hotspot.
"However our proposed supermarket is fully integrated into the £25m roads and infrastructure upgrade, which was planned following extensive traffic impact analysis and collaboration with Glasgow City Council, taking into account future development at Glasgow Harbour. In addition, further road improvements will take place around Sawmill Square.
"Therefore we believe this site is the ideal location for a large West End supermarket from a traffic impact perspective."
He added: "There is currently no substantial, modern supermarket provision serving the areas of Partick, Whiteinch and Broomhill. We have been in discussions with Tesco on this site as a possible alternative to their proposals at Beith Street, but we expect strong interest from all the major supermarket operators."
(CD)
If successful, the 130,000 square foot supermarket will be built at the West End of the 130-acre regeneration project.
The store, which will be located between the Riverside Walkway and South Street, will also host 252 apartments with a view of the Clyde, specialist shops, a café and a landscaped public square, with a new pontoon on the River Clyde.
The supermarket will be easily accessed via: the planned Fastlink public transport system which links Glasgow Harbour to the city centre and Glasgow Harbour’s £25m package of road works and infrastructure improvements currently well underway on the Clydeside Expressway, which is radically improving the local road network for both the local communities and road users throughout the city.
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Glasgow Harbour Managing Director Euan Jamieson said: "There is currently a great deal of debate about the proposals for provision of a supermarket at Partick Cross. There has been strong and well-publicised resistance to the plans and a degree of concern about the scale of the proposed development and possible traffic congestion in what is a recognised traffic hotspot.
"However our proposed supermarket is fully integrated into the £25m roads and infrastructure upgrade, which was planned following extensive traffic impact analysis and collaboration with Glasgow City Council, taking into account future development at Glasgow Harbour. In addition, further road improvements will take place around Sawmill Square.
"Therefore we believe this site is the ideal location for a large West End supermarket from a traffic impact perspective."
He added: "There is currently no substantial, modern supermarket provision serving the areas of Partick, Whiteinch and Broomhill. We have been in discussions with Tesco on this site as a possible alternative to their proposals at Beith Street, but we expect strong interest from all the major supermarket operators."
(CD)
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