WORK to create a ‘striking’ new footway and carriageway on the north side of Glasgow’s George Square is set to complete next week.
Rainton Construction is leading the works, with Glasgow City Council revealing that the installation of new granite setts on the footway and carriageway will complete by 5pm on June 26.
Vehicles will then be able to travel from West George Street and from North Hanover Street along the new carriageway and on to George Street, with permitted vehicles able to travel northwards on North Hanover Street.
Private cars will be able to travel – as before – to and along the new carriageway between 7pm – 7am and vehicular access to the lower end of North Frederick Street will begin in late July, once work is complete on the junction there.
Councillor Angus Millar, convener for city centre recovery at Glasgow City Council, said, “The reopening of the road along the north of George Square is another key milestone in the wall to wall transformation of Glasgow’s greatest civic space.
“With the high-quality stonework extending across the roads and pavements, everyone is already getting a real sense of how fantastic our new Square is shaping up to be.
“And in recent weeks, we’ve completed the Cowcaddens Road Avenue – which is already bringing new greenery and a real sense of place to the north side of the city centre. There’s has undoubtedly been major roadworks in the city centre in recent months, but we’re now beginning to see the transformation we’ve been working to deliver and which will serve our city well in the decades ahead.”
Elsewhere in George Square, work on the south carriageway is well underway – with the works on the eastern and western footways complete for some time. The next phase of the restoration of Sir Walter Scott Monument has begun with the upper half completed and work on the bottom half begun.
