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£43m revamp of deprived area hits finishing stretch
 
Stewart Maxwell, minister for Communities and Sport, launched the final stage of the upgrade
Stewart Maxwell, minister for Communities and Sport, launched the final stage of the upgrade
 
 

by Jonathan Rennie

THE race to complete the £43million regeneration of one of Glasgow's most deprived housing estates is in its final lap.

Once complete, nearly 500 tenants will have a new or modernised home on the former site of dilapidated tenements in Camlachie, near Parkhead.

The new and upgraded houses and flats replace hundreds of sub standard properties in the area formerly known as Barrowfield, which lies in the shadow of Celtic Park.

Communities Minister Stewart Maxwell was in the East End of Glasgow yesterday to attend a ceremony to mark the last phase of the Camlachie project, which is led by the West of Scotland Housing Association.

The MSP rang a lap bell to signal the countdown to completion of the development, which lies at the heart of the area being redeveloped for the 2014 Common-wealth Games.

Mr Maxwell said: "The Camlachie project is a tremendous boost to the local community that will complement and enhance the legacy of Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games."

Already 370 homes have been built or modernised since the eight-phase project began in 1996. The final two phases will see the completion of a further 106 new-build homes by 2010.

Duncan McNaught, chief executive of West of Scotland Housing Association, said: "Today is a significant milestone in the regeneration of Camlachie. Throughout the project I have been impressed by the contribution by tenants, by our contractors and association staff alike."

The redevelopment in Camlachie includes both apartments and homes with gardens and a £2m social hub - the Bambury Regeneration Centre -which provides activities from aerobics and beauty therapy to lifelong learning and multimedia facilities.

It comes more than a decade after Glasgow City Council helped local people set up their own community housing association - Camlachie Housing Association.

After a few years, residents recognised joining West of Scotland Housing Association would accelerate the pace of change, which it did.

Anne Young, chairwoman of the Camlachie Area Association, said: "We wanted better conditions.

"The community spirit has become even stronger thanks to people getting the home they always wanted."

Mr McNaught said: "The project demonstrates what can be achieved when a community based-housing association joins a larger association like ourselves with the resources and experience to make their vision of transformation a reality."

Publication date 03/06/08

Posted by: Sydney Meriwether, Glasgow on 11:43am Tue 3 Jun 08
So the dedicated work of a generation of the good people of Camlachie is just to be hijacked by the 2014 Diddy Games mob intent on finding any bandwagon to jump on... the hugely expensive games' fiasco is still six years away and already the people of Glasgow couldn't see them far enough!
Posted by: Brad, Glasgow on 1:04pm Tue 3 Jun 08
Have a wee lie down, Sydney.
Posted by: Brad, Glasgow on 1:16pm Tue 3 Jun 08
Have a wee lie down, Sydney
Posted by: Glasgowgirl, Glasgow on 1:49pm Tue 3 Jun 08
Sydney Meriwether wrote:
So the dedicated work of a generation of the good people of Camlachie is just to be hijacked by the 2014 Diddy Games mob intent on finding any bandwagon to jump on... the hugely expensive games' fiasco is still six years away and already the people of Glasgow couldn't see them far enough!
God Sydney , do you EVER say anything positive?? Negative folk like you, Glasgow can do without. I bet you are not even a Glasgow Council tax payer!!!
Posted by: Sydney Meriwether, Glasgow on 2:29pm Tue 3 Jun 08
Glasgowgirl wrote:
Sydney Meriwether wrote:
So the dedicated work of a generation of the good people of Camlachie is just to be hijacked by the 2014 Diddy Games mob intent on finding any bandwagon to jump on... the hugely expensive games' fiasco is still six years away and already the people of Glasgow couldn't see them far enough!
God Sydney , do you EVER say anything positive?? Negative folk like you, Glasgow can do without. I bet you are not even a Glasgow Council tax payer!!!
YES:

"Scots newlyweds off to flyer on Sydney Bridge"

I'm hugely positive, especially when considering that the current decrepit Glasgow City Council mob will only be with us for a few more years, before the good people of Glasgow chuck them out and we get an administration which will deliver real, tangible and meaningful progress for our great city.
Posted by: Brad, Glasgow on 5:19pm Tue 3 Jun 08
"an administration which will deliver real, tangible and meaningful progress"... and who'll that be, Syd?
Posted by: anne calman, Toronto on 12:17am Wed 4 Jun 08
Sydney what makes you so negative,I dont know a lot about todays Glasgow as i left 43yrs ago, but i get tired reading your posts knocking my home town
Posted by: thistlemad, Ayrshire on 12:36am Wed 4 Jun 08
I moved to North Ayrshire 10 years ago ....... 20 miles but a million miles in lifestyle. Far from perfect, but so much better than Glasgow.
Millions spent in Drumchapel, but they moved the same manky bassa`s back into "new" homes. Great houses, but still the same junkies and thugs with a fresh place to destroy ....... where was the point?
I`ll be surprised if the other rebuilt areas will fare much better.
Posted by: Allan, Glasgow on 12:41am Wed 4 Jun 08
Sydney get a life all administrations are full of people who are in it for what they can get and not do do a good job for us.Despite this Glasgow will thrive its a great place to live.
Posted by: Brad, Glasgow on 11:07am Wed 4 Jun 08
Sydney says that the Burmese generals have been acting like Glasgow City Council in their treatment of people affected by the recent natural disaster.

How bad is that?
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