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[https://glasgowspacesforpeople.commonplace.is/news/2020/06/26/work-to-create-spaces-for-people-around-george-square-starting-soon](https://glasgowspacesforpeople.commonplace.is/news/2020/06/26/work-to-create-spaces-for-people-around-george-square-starting-soon)



>Work starts today to install temporary travel infrastructure on key streets around George Square, as part of the council's Spaces for People programme which is providing extra space for physical distancing to protect public health and suppress a resurgence of COVID-19.
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>These short-term measures which will include closing some roads to traffic, and the widening of footways; will make it easier for people to move around our city centre and more readily access shops, businesses, community facilities and public transport hubs including Queen Street Station.
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>Road Closures
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>The following roads will be closed to all traffic, except cycles:
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>**George Square (East)**
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>**George Square (West)**
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>**Hanover Street (local access via Ingram St)**
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>**North Hanover Street (northbound bus gate) - this is to assist with pedestrian movement around Queen Street Station. The southbound lane will remain open.**
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>Footway Widening
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>The following footways will be widened in the area immediate to George Square:
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>**George Square (the taxi rank and disabled parking bays remain on the north side)**
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>**Hanover Street**
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>**North Hanover Street (northbound)**
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>**George Street**
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>**Queen Street**
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>**St Vincent Place**
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>**Cochrane Street**
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>On-street parking will be suspended in the affected areas, with extra space for people made available by repurposing the immediate road space usually occupied by parked vehicles.