NEW ERA FOR EASTERHOUSE
THE PROMISE 6000 homes, parks, nurseries, schools and new transport system
EASTERHOUSE is to be transformed with 6000 homes, nurseries and schools planned over 20 years.
The area has attracted £400million of investment in the last two decades, but more homes, parks and facilities are yet to come.
Council bosses hope the area will be a destination for people from across the city.
A PLAN has been unveiled which will result in the transformation of Greater Easterhouse over the next two decades.
The work will result in 6000 new homes, a wetlands park, new nurseries and schools, improved public realm, a new transport system and green spaces.
Over the past 20 years, Greater Easterhouse has attracted more than £400 million of public and private investment resulting in 3000 new homes being built and the creation of the Glasgow Fort shopping centre which attracts around 14.5 million people a year.
The council has spent £82 million supporting housing developments with local housing bodies investing £250 million.
Additional investment by the private sector and Glasgow Housing Association over the past decade is seen as a sign of confidence in the area’s future.
At present, 800 homes are being built in Garthamlock and other developments are under way at Ruchazie, Barlanark and Stepford Road.
A further 10 sites in the area have been i dentified as potential locations on which to build private homes.
Across Greater Easterhouse, large areas of vacant land could be used to build 6000 new homes, subject to new roads and schools being provided. A new nursery schools is currently being built at Mossvale Road.
The Shandwick Centre i n Easterhouse town centre is to be redeveloped to reflect its role in the community and the success of the Glasgow Fort.
Another key project will be the Seven Lochs wetland park which will result in walking and cycling trails and the restoration, creation and i mprovement of natural habitats and the redevelopment of Provanhall House, one of the city’s oldest buildings.
City council leader Frank McAveety said: “The plans for the future of Easterhouse are thrilling.
“When complete, the area will be transformed into one that acts as an eastern gateway into Glasgow and a fantastic retail, cultural and leisure destination for visitors from the rest of the city and beyond. I look forward to working with our partners to realise this vision of a part of the city that has fantastic potential to exploit is built and natural resources.
“We will build on the successes of recent years to complete the regeneration of Easterhouse to deliver an area of Glasgow that is attractive as a place in which to live, work, invest and visit.”