Homes win safety honour

Published 10 Feb 2012 11:25 2 Comments

POLICE have commended a social landlord for safety measures taken at a new housing development.

The River Clyde Homes project in the east end of Greenock has been given Strathclyde Police's Secured by Design award.

It applauds developments that use design standards - such as layout, street lighting and a high standard of locks on doors and windows -to reduce the risk of crime.

The development was River Clyde Homes' first major project to revitalise housing in Inverclyde.

Development manager Stuart Johnstone said: "We would like to thank those who helped us - the police, the architects, the local community and our other partners - to create a safe and secure development that caters to residents' needs and the area as a whole.

"Safety and security were issues that tenants identified as priorities in the recent neighbourhood plan consultation and this award recognises that RCH is working to address these concerns in the area."

DC Joanne Ferguson, architectural liaison officer at Strathclyde Police, said: "This will undoubtedly help achieve a better quality of life for local residents in terms of preventing crime and making people feel safer."

John Garner,of architects Anderson Bell and Christie, added: " We are pleased to have been involved in this project, helping to make the community successful and sustainable."

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This article appeared in Greenock Telegraph 10 Feb 12

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  Tria78
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  Feb 10, 14:36
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  Ah it is nice to hear that some RCH tenants are safe. I am genuinely glad they are just wish they could do the same for the rest of us.
  
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  rodmod
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  Feb 10, 18:40
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  A load of codswallop after the trouble with the bad weather they come out with this do they think its the last generation they are talking to as most of them have now passed on todays people are more savvy than you people give them credit for,try talking to the original shanty towns.
  
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