Debate over park and ride location
Published 20 Feb 2012 11:40
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A BACKLASH has been sparked over the suggestion that the Port Glasgow park and ride should be moved to a different location.
Inverclyde Council leader Stephen McCabe has hit out at local Liberal Democrats who last week called for a rethink about the proposed site of the facility, at the former Highholm Primary school.
They fear the project will encourage residents away from the town and suggested the prime site would be better suited for affordable housing.
But Councillor McCabe says the former Highholm Primary site is the perfect location.
He also believes in the current housing market 'slump' it would struggle to attract a developer.
Mr McCabe told the Tele: "It's very interesting that the Lib Dems are raising the park and ride as an issue now because the proposal has been through several council committees and they didn't dismiss it.
"It was unanimously backed so that's why we took it forward and secured funding from Strathclyde Partnership for Transport.
"One key thing from this is that their councillors never opposed it.
"Highholm is immediately adjacent to Port Glasgow town centre and at the interception of the Inverclyde rail lines - anyone getting on there can get the Gourock or Wemyss Bay services.
"The Lib Dems suggested Bogston instead but that is on the Gourock line only and not every train stops there, and while Woodhall is accessible it again has a limited service.
"So the best place for a park and ride in Inverclyde is Port Glasgow."
This article appeared in Greenock Telegraph 20 Feb 12
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gran61
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Feb 20, 12:38
Report commentGood intentions but I wonder just how well it will be used.
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Moonshadow
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Feb 20, 13:27
Report commentexactly thay had one at Paisly St James and it dident even last a year
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jamiehamy
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Feb 20, 22:33
Report commentI don't understand this 'Park and Ride' thing. Where exactly are people suppose to ride to?
Is it Greenock? If so, this is pie in the sky - who in their right mind would drive down and then wait on a train that doesn't even stop in a town centre? Complete and utter waste of money.
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rodmod
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Feb 21, 01:14
Report commentDo your Job for your employer's us we voted you in its not up to you or the lib dems its up to the people ,so when the planning go's in expect your voters to be there in numbers,the blame culture is a bit long in the tooth be man enough to say the buck stops here or you wont be in office for a while after the next elections people can see through you people like glass windows.Peter Campbell.
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news007
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Feb 21, 21:22
Report commentthe whole of the front of port glasgow is one big park and ride
housing for the elderly would be better giving them better access to all services withing port glasgow and l say elderly only so they dont have to be woken up in the middle of the night by inverclydes finest anti social numptys line up the labour party pat each other on the back board a flight at glasgow airport let the good people of inverclyde turn this place around
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