More Community Capital Projects for 2016-2017

May 21, 2016 by martinrooney2014 Leave a comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

In February this year the Labour Administration committed another£1m towards Community Capital Projects. Details of the additional projects are set out below:

Vale of Leven:

• Mollanbowie Estate – £40k. Upgrade of existing equipment and provision of additional equipment to improve play value experience.
• Balloch Park Slipway – £100k. This is the most used site in West Dunbartonshire. The site is now over 10 years old and much of the equipment is in need of replacement.
• Riverside Estate – £50k. New site taking into account additional new properties built in this location.
• Dillichip Park – £80k Creation of a skate park. There are no properties within the immediate vicinity which would mean that there is unlikely to be opposition to this proposal.

Dumbarton:

• Castlehill – upgrade MUGA’s – £80k. The two MUGA’s are now over 10 years old and are in need of resurfacing.
• Westcliff upgrade – £40k. Upgrade of existing equipment and provision of additional equipment to improve play value experience.
• Brucehill upgrade – £40k. Upgrade of existing equipment and provision of additional equipment to improve play value experience.
• Bellsmyre Nursery – £60k. Upgrade of existing equipment and provision of additional equipment to improve play value experience.
• Silverton Milldam – £60k. Upgrade of existing equipment and provision of additional equipment to improve play value experience.
• Bowling upgrade – £30k. Upgrade of existing equipment and provision of additional equipment to improve play value experience.

Clydebank:

• Faifley upgrade – £40k. Upgrade of existing equipment and provision of additional equipment to improve play value experience.
• Goldenhill MUGA – Old Tennis Courts – £150k creation of an all-weather sports area to meet demand in this area.
• Whitecrook Park Upgrade – £50k. Upgrade of existing equipment and provision of additional equipment to improve play value experience.
• Yoker Boundary Upgrade – £50k. Upgrade of existing equipment and provision of additional equipment to improve play value experience.
• Crown Ave/Second Ave – £30k Dev. £30k. Extension to existing facility with match funding from the housing developer.
• Community Park HCI – £15k dev. £30k. Extension to existing facility with match funding from housing developer
• Drumry Environmental Improvements & Play – £70k. Community Centre external improvements to improve access and play value experience.

Notes: 

The projects for 13/14 and 14/15 were:

• Moss O’ Balloch infrastructure upgrade – £80k, improve drainage on Moss O’ Balloch.
  • West Thomson Street play area – £150k, of which £125k was developers match funding.
  • New sports pavilions, Dumbarton Common & Singers Park – £350k, of which £150k was match funding from sportscotland.
  • Faifley Knowes playpark – £75k, of which £10k was match funding from Save the Children.
  • Breval Crescent playpark – £60k.
  • Milton playpark – £40k.
  • Dalmonach Park upgrade – £75k.
  • Rosshead all-weather sports pitch refurbishment – £45k.
  • Community Greenspace project, Old Kilpatrick – £40k.
  • Dalmuir Square upgrade – £40k.
  • Tontine Park play area – £60k.

The projects identified for 2015/16 were:

• Wylie Park play area – £80k.
• New Street playpark – £40k.
• Thistleneuk play area – £60k.
• New Bonhill playpark – £120k
• Whitecrook skatepark – £75k
• Moss O’ Balloch drainage – £40k
• Brown Street playpark – £75k
• Argyll Park 3G pitch – £500k
• Outdoor gym equipment -TBC
• Overburn Crescent play – £60k
•  East End Park 3G Pitch – £500k
• Inler Park play area – £75k
• Tullichewan – £90k
• Christie Park – £30k (plus Developer funding)
• Castlehill – Play area – £100k
• Linnvale Open Space – £100k
• Goldenhill Park – £120k
• Stark Avenue – £40k
• St Helena – £80k
• Dumbarton Common – £80k
• John Brown 3G Pitch – £550k

Notes:

1. The Labour Administration is also looking at a new 3G Pitch at Mountblow Sports Centre. This would require an allocation of around £500k. This additional investment would create the only fully publicly accessible all weather facility in the Clydebank area.
2. The Council is currently commissioning a condition survey on the existing changing pavilion.
3. Where possible external funding or developer funding is sought to enhance the scope of the projects.
4. Link to Levengrove Park bid: https://wdclabourgroup.wordpress.com/2016/03/12/progress-on-levengrove-park-renovation-bid-to-heritage-lottery-fund/