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The proposals for Lenzie Station Forecourt and Village Parade are progressing and East Dunbartonshire Council invite residents, businesses and groups to find out more at a drop-in event to showcase the detailed design. Your views have so far helped to shape the design and this drop-in event will provide an opportunity for you to view the detailed design to be progressed to construction.

Venue: Lenzie Public Hall, Kirkintilloch Road, Lenzie

Date: Wednesday 13 June 2018

Time: 3pm to 7pm

The fourth public engagement session for the Lenzie Street Design Project took place last week on the 13th of July.

The event saw a high turnout of 142 people over the course of the four hour session. Over 70 comments were received on the second stage design proposals, as well as 21 detailed feedback forms. Informative chats were held with local residents, business owners and representatives of sensory and physical impairment groups.

The comments and feedback received during the session will now be passed onto the Council’s design team as the project moves into the next stage, where the concept designs produced up to this point will be converted into technical drawings in preparation for construction. This process will run from September 2017 until early next year, with construction expected to begin in summer 2018.

Over the past few months, we have asked for your opinion on various ways to improve Lenzie Station Forecourt and Village Parade. We've listened carefully to all that you’ve had to say, whether that be at events, meetings or online.

The new designs still give priority to encouraging more local journeys on foot and by bike and improving the quality of the public space, but have been adapted to allay concerns about traffic movements being affected by changes to the junction of Kirkintilloch Road and Garngaber Avenue. The proposals include;

1. Redesign of the station forecourt to improve accessibility and encourage more people to travel to and from the station by walking, cycling and public transport

2. Improvements to the public space and road in front of the shops and businesses on Kirkintilloch Road to improve accessibility, and make it feel safer and a more attractive place to spend time in or travel through.

You can download a copy of the updated designs by clicking on the following links:

Over the last month you may have seen a number of small colourful changes in Lenzie perhaps as you walk to the shops and station, visit the library or take the dog for a walk in Lenzie Moss. Hopefully these small dashes of colour and interest have made your journeys a little bit more engaging or perhaps brightened up a less loved part of your route?

These small and temporary changes have been made as part of the Inside Lane art engagement project. Four artists have benen commissioned by Sustrans Scotland to work in Lenzie to generate discussion and ideas that could be brought to life in the final set of designs proposals for the Street Design project. You might have encountered the following on your travels:

Deirdre Macleod’s ‘Common Ground’ small colourful metal paintings in the centre of Lenzie, nearby streets, paths and in Lenzie Moss.

The stunning Tree orbs installed by Environmental artist, Nathalie Holbrook’s in place in Lenzie Moss.

Those small but simple chalk splashes and patterns on the pathways behind the station or at the entrance to the old Strathkelvin railway line on Garngaber Avenue. These were put in by City of Play to add some variety, interest to otherwise less known spaces.

A feature article by local artist, Jacqueline Donachie on her daily journeys around Lenzie in the accompanying project art newspaper available in local shops.

A short update to let you know we are still working away. We’ve spent April processing the information we picked up from you in response to the first set of design proposals at the event on the 15th of March and on the project website. We’ve worked through around 300 very detailed comments and have summarised these into (the list isn’t exhaustive) key themes below:

• Support for reducing traffic speeds through the area

• Support for improving the public space, street furniture and lighting outside the shops and businesses and ensuring that all changes are designed with people with physical and sensory impairment in mind

• Lots of discussion on pavement widening and any resultant impact on traffic queues on Kirkintilloch Road if the informal right hand turn onto Garngaber Avenue was removed

• Support for the upgrade of the existing pedestrian crossings to a ‘Puffin’ style

• Improving the footpaths around the edge of the station forecourt is important as is ensuring they have appropriate tactile markings

• Making the links under and over the railway line more attractive and easier

• More focus on cycling provision

• Some support for a direct alternative route through the station forecourt (but not in between parked cars)

• Looking for ways to create designated short stay parking in the area to support local businesses is important

• Better management of uncontrolled parking

• Exploring the idea of a bus link to Woodilee

Photo credit: Jamie Forbes Photography

What happens next?

1. We’ll revise the designs in response to the information collected

2. We’ll commission traffic modelling for the junction of Kirkintilloch Road and Garngaber Ave to see what impact a reduced road width would have on vehicle movements

3. Programme in follow up meetings with groups representing people with physical and sensory impairments and set up a specific meeting with local businesses

4. Showcase the next design iteration at a public event around mid June and also put this on the project website for a month for comments

We are pleased to announce that artists from ArtWalk will be working in Lenzie as part of the Lenzie Street Design Project.

Lenzie has an important physical and social history behind it which it would be great to see reflected and referenced in the final design proposals as these develop. Ideas could include standalone artwork, specific colours or textures and patterns used in the redesigned streets and/or interpretation.

A group of artists (with two from the area) are creating an art engagement project to support the project titled ‘Inside Lane’ . This will involve work with local groups and nearby schools to develop ideas and putting in place temporary changes to generate discussion over the next few months. You might see some of these small temporary and colourful changes in the area during May and June 2017.

Key sites for the Inside Lane art engagement aspect of the project could include the ‘Mirror Bridge’ railway bridge on Kirkintilloch Road, cycle shelters in the railway forecourt, local shops and streets surrounding the railway station and streets leading off to Woodilee and Lenzie Moss.

Thank you to all those who have already submitted their feedback to us on the Lenzie Street Design ideas. We have decided to extend the consultation period until Thursday 13 April. Please do feedback to us by this date via the following:

Public Locations

There is a public display of the design proposals outside the Usave Convenience Store and south side entrance to the train station – look out for the lamp post banners!

Hard copies of the designs and feedback forms are also available inside Lenzie Library to allow you to submit your views into a secure comment box.

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The third public engagement session for the Lenzie Street Design Project took place last week.

Photo credit: Jamie Forbes Photography

This was a very well attended event with 187 people dropping by over five hours to view and comment on the first-stage design proposals. Constructive discussions about the proposals were held with the public and local business owners on the day.

Photo credit: Jamie Forbes Photography

Information gathered from the public events and the project website will be used to help refine and develop proposals in advance of a further public event later this year.

Over the past few months, we have asked for your opinion on various ways to improve Lenzie Station Forecourt and Village Parade and have listened carefully to all that you’ve had to say, whether that be at events, meetings or online. We’ve taken all of this information on board to develop design proposals and we’d now like to share these proposals with you.

You can view and comment anytime between Thursday 9 March and Thursday 6 April 2017 using the following methods:

Public Locations

There will be a public display of the design proposals outside the Usave Convenience Store and south side entrance to the train station – look out for the lamp post banners! Copies of the designs and feedback forms will also be available inside Lenzie Library to allow you to submit your views into a secure comment box. Opening hours: Monday (1-4.30pm; 5-8pm) Tuesday, Thursday and Friday (10am-12.30pm; 1.30-5pm).

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