GEORGE Leslie has successfully delivered a new road and causeway in Greenock to open up Garvel Island.
Extending over 200 metres, the new road and causeway will assist businesses in the Garvel Island area with better connectivity as well as providing new access to James Watt Dock and unlocking the remaining sites for future development.
The construction of the new road and causeway replaces the previous bridge which had gone beyond its designed life and was presenting limitations for the area in terms of the size, width, and weight of the vehicles that could use it.
The new road and causeway have been built on new land which was created by sustainable infilling. The infill was undertaken by reusing clean demolition material, collected from local demolition projects instead of producing any new materials.
Delivered in partnership by James Watt Dock LLP, which is owned by Riverside Inverclyde Urban Development Company and Peel Waters, Inverclyde Council said that the new road will support its vision to enhance the competitiveness of the area as a place to live, work, visit, invest, and do business in.
David Ross, MD of George Leslie, said, “We are incredibly proud to have delivered this project on behalf of James Watt Dock LLP and to have supported their vision of enhancing Greenock’s infrastructure and making it a place where people can live, work and prosper.”
Councillor Jim Clocherty, Inverclyde Council’s vice-convener of environment and regeneration, added, “We’ve all seen the transformation and success of James Watt Dock in recent years and this development is an important next step to open up even more of our fantastic coastline for the benefit of businesses and visitors to these shores.
“The new road provides better connections to Garvel Island and also Great Harbour and paves the way for further development at both sites in future.
“Inverclyde is open for business and this development is one of many exciting projects happening locally to make this area an even better place to live, work, visit and do business.”
