PUBLIC REALM + STREET DESIGN |
Charing Cross M8 Cap Park, Glasgow | Glasgow City Council
Urban Movement (public realm + transport) together with Austin-Smith:Lord (landscape) and Mott MacDonald (lead + structural engineering) were commissioned by Glasgow City Council to draw up outline plans for a ‘garden cap’ over the M8 motorway in Glasgow.
UM’s work focussed on reconfiguring streets and public spaces to unlock the wider improvement of the Charing Cross area of the city. This involved the creation of a green space over the motorway between Sauchiehall Street and Bath Street to reconnect the city centre with the West End.
The council says the ‘green cap’ would also connect to the Avenues Programme, a separate £115 million programme to revamp 17 streets and neighbouring areas in Glasgow, and the Connecting Woodside active travel scheme.
The outline design is one of seven bids prepared by the council to submit for the second funding call upon the UK government’s £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund.
The council says that each of the seven projects is ‘potentially deliverable’ by the end of 2025 if the bids are successful.
Councillor Susan Aitken, leader of Glasgow City Council, said: ‘The ambitious new bids to be submitted to the Levelling Up Fund offer the opportunity to bring a range of real economic, environmental and social benefits to either local communities or the wider city.
‘There is a very strong case being made for these bids, any and all of which would make a difference to Glasgow.’
UM’s work focussed on reconfiguring streets and public spaces to unlock the wider improvement of the Charing Cross area of the city. This involved the creation of a green space over the motorway between Sauchiehall Street and Bath Street to reconnect the city centre with the West End.
The council says the ‘green cap’ would also connect to the Avenues Programme, a separate £115 million programme to revamp 17 streets and neighbouring areas in Glasgow, and the Connecting Woodside active travel scheme.
The outline design is one of seven bids prepared by the council to submit for the second funding call upon the UK government’s £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund.
The council says that each of the seven projects is ‘potentially deliverable’ by the end of 2025 if the bids are successful.
Councillor Susan Aitken, leader of Glasgow City Council, said: ‘The ambitious new bids to be submitted to the Levelling Up Fund offer the opportunity to bring a range of real economic, environmental and social benefits to either local communities or the wider city.
‘There is a very strong case being made for these bids, any and all of which would make a difference to Glasgow.’
