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Author	eenbiertje
Comment	A few people have already commented on general (as well as more specific) ideas for what can be done to improve the area around St Enoch, Broomielaw, the riverside etc. Just in case its not that widely known about, the city has a massive city centre regeneration plan underway at the moment. It's a big overarching strategy with the aim of repopulating and regenerating the core of Glasgow, and the whole thing will stretch well into the mid to late 2020s (it's been talked about in various city development strategies through the 2010s, but is underway in its own right now). As part of this, the city centre is being broken into 10 workable project "districts". These are being worked on steadily in order, all as part of the overall city centre strategy. The district strategies are at different stages, some not active at all yet, others have been through early consultations, idea generation, early implementation (Sauchiehall is furthest ahead I think). Others are somewhere in the middle of the process ("Broomielaw", "St Enoch", "Blythswood"). You might've seen the active consultation for 4 of these districts being promoted recently - Cowcaddens, Learning Quarter, Merchant City, Trongate. AFAIK these are at initial idea generation stage, with the public being asked for initial input. You can do this here via the commonplace tool: Anyway... I was commenting to say, with respect to the riverside specifically, a lot mentioned in this thread is actually covered in some way in the "St Enoch" district regeneration framework. It's been through idea generation, and initial consultation. The council released the full report of agreed options for the district last summer, you can read it here (full PDF at bottom of the page) https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/25363/Council-approves-regeneration-framework-for-Glasgows-St-Enoch-District Headline options that are actively being explored are: * Extension of the "Avenues" project to key routes in this area (Clyde Street, St Enoch Square, Argyle Street, Stockwell Street) - widened pavements, segregated cycle lanes, trees, room for outdoor seating, new lighting. * A riverside park zone, stretching from the SEC to Glasgow Green. The report recommends breaking this into 4 distinct planning zones or mood "rooms", each with a different purpose in mind, to help identify actual on the ground changes suitable for these areas. It lists a "Harbour Room", a "Historical Room", etc. Each room drawing in different international examples that can be applied here. * Key projects including the Briggait masterplan, and the regeneration of Custom House Quay. Anyway, this is all a bit of a brain dump, but am conscious reading this and similar threads that there is actually quite a lot planned (and already underway), that people are calling for, but don't realise is happening.
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A few people have already commented on general (as well as more specific) ideas for what can be done to improve the area around St Enoch, Broomielaw, the riverside etc.

Just in case its not that widely known about, the city has a massive city centre regeneration plan underway at the moment. It's a big overarching strategy with the aim of repopulating and regenerating the core of Glasgow, and the whole thing will stretch well into the mid to late 2020s (it's been talked about in various city development strategies through the 2010s, but is underway in its own right now).

As part of this, the city centre is being broken into 10 workable project "districts". These are being worked on steadily in order, all as part of the overall city centre strategy. The district strategies are at different stages, some not active at all yet, others have been through early consultations, idea generation, early implementation (Sauchiehall is furthest ahead I think). Others are somewhere in the middle of the process ("Broomielaw", "St Enoch", "Blythswood").

You might've seen the active consultation for 4 of these districts being promoted recently - Cowcaddens, Learning Quarter, Merchant City, Trongate. AFAIK these are at initial idea generation stage, with the public being asked for initial input. You can do this here via the commonplace tool:

Anyway... I was commenting to say, with respect to the riverside specifically, a lot mentioned in this thread is actually covered in some way in the "St Enoch" district regeneration framework. It's been through idea generation, and initial consultation. The council released the full report of agreed options for the district last summer, you can read it here (full PDF at bottom of the page) https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/25363/Council-approves-regeneration-framework-for-Glasgows-St-Enoch-District

Headline options that are actively being explored are:

* Extension of the "Avenues" project to key routes in this area (Clyde Street, St Enoch Square, Argyle Street, Stockwell Street) - widened pavements, segregated cycle lanes, trees, room for outdoor seating, new lighting.

* A riverside park zone, stretching from the SEC to Glasgow Green. The report recommends breaking this into 4 distinct planning zones or mood "rooms", each with a different purpose in mind, to help identify actual on the ground changes suitable for these areas. It lists a "Harbour Room", a "Historical Room", etc. Each room drawing in different international examples that can be applied here.

* Key projects including the Briggait masterplan, and the regeneration of Custom House Quay.

Anyway, this is all a bit of a brain dump, but am conscious reading this and similar threads that there is actually quite a lot planned (and already underway), that people are calling for, but don't realise is happening.