| Comment | Couple of things are happening which might remedy this in the medium term (next 2-5 years).
* The second phase of Sauchiehall Avenue, from Rose Street eastwards to Buchanan Street is to begin work soon.
* There's a huge injection of new city centre residents coming, particularly around Blythswood with the MODA City Living development under construction, and a half dozen other big ticket residential sites in the works in the core of the city centre. You're looking at an injection of 2k-3k more people living a 5 minutes walk from Sauchiehall Street in just a couple years.
* The council seems to have a much more positive approach to allowing venues to run outdoor hospitality than before (short answer, Covid has forced a change of approach on easing bureaucracy and allowing this with much more ease than before). We may see more of an outdoor cafe culture develop across the city centre in the next few years. The urban realm works (the Avenues) and anti-vehicle measures will likely go hand in hand with this to make the city centre more generally a welcoming place for people to spend time.
Sauchiehall Street isn't a complete disaster. It suffered two major fires in the last few years, which has completely stalled it (east of Rose Street at least). It has problem, but they're not insurmountable.
I'm pretty hopeful for what could happen in the next few years. |
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