A SERIES of measures designed to improve parking and tackle inconsiderate drivers in Greenock town centre are to go before councillors next week.
The proposals for West Blackhall Street include changes to loading bay and on-street parking restrictions to create additional spaces and increase turnover throughout the day.
This would see loading bays operate as parking spaces after 10am, allowing space for up to 15 vehicles across the town centre.
The report also outlines the possibility of creating a further four spaces, three on Dalrymple Street and one on Jamaica Street.
Other options relate to an increase in free stay times in town centre car parks and the installation of bollard on the cycle lane to prevent illegal parking.
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Inverclyde Council says the proposed changes, if approved, would see daily parking availability increase by 45 per cent.
The report outlines the possibility of creating three new spaces on Dalrymple Street and one on Jamaica Street.
The local authority’s plans have been developed following feedback from businesses, pedestrians and cyclists about conditions on West Blackhall Street since the completion of a £6million redevelopment project in March 2025.
This saw the installation of a cycle lane, extra seating, and trees to enhance the environment, whilst maintaining vehicle access via a new one-way system.
More than 60 businesses were contacted and asked to take part in the survey, which was also promoted on Inverclyde Council’s website and in the Telegraph, but only six responses were received.
Councillor Michael McCormick, convener of the council’s environment and regeneration committee, said: “We have been listening to concerns raised by people, including businesses, and officers have come up with a series of ideas and proposals that could help make improvements relatively quickly and within existing budgets.
“It will now be up to members of the environment and regeneration committee to consider the proposals contained in the report and decide which proposals, if any, should be taken forward.”
The proposals, which feature in a wider report examining the West Blackhall Street redevelopment, will go before the environment and regeneration committee on Thursday, August 20.
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