Millions Invested in Council Community Projects in West Dunbartonshire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Details of the Council community projects are set out below:

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.
• West Thomson Street play area – £150k, of which £125k was developers match funding.
• Faifley Knowes playpark – £75k, of which £10k was match funding from Save the Children.
• Breval Crescent playpark – £60k.
• Dalmuir Square upgrade – £40k.
• New Street playpark – £40k.
• Thistleneuk play area – £60k.
• Whitecrook skatepark – £75k
• Linnvale Open Space – £100k
• John Brown 3G Pitch – £550k
• Goldenhill Park – £120k
• Stark Avenue – £40k
• St Helena – £80k
• New sports pavilions,   Singers Park & (Dumbarton Common) – £350k, of which £150k was match funding from sportscotland.
• Community Greenspace project, Old Kilpatrick – £40k.

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.
• Castlehill – Play area – £100k
• Dumbarton Common – £80k
• Overburn Crescent play – £60k
•  East End Park 3G Pitch – £500k

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 in the immediate vicinity which would mean that there is unlikely to be opposition to this proposal.
• Moss O’ Balloch infrastructure upgrade – £80k, improve drainage on Moss O’ Balloch.
• New sports pavilions, Dumbarton Common (& Singers Park) – £350k, of which £150k was match funding from sportscotland.
• Milton playpark – £40k.
• Dalmonach Park upgrade – £75k.
• Rosshead all-weather sports pitch refurbishment – £45k.
• Tontine Park play area – £60k.
• Wylie Park play area – £80k.
• New Bonhill playpark – £120k
• Moss O’ Balloch drainage – £40k
• Brown Street playpark – £75k
• Argyll Park 3G pitch – £500k
• Inler Park play area – £75k
• Tullichewan – £90k
• Christie Park – £30k (plus Developer funding)

Other developments:

1. The Labour Administration provided £500k towards a £3.1m Community Sport Hub centred around Rugby at Whitecrook in Clydebank.
2. The Labour Administration provided £500k towards a Community Sports Hub in Faifley in Clydebank, around a football theme, providing community facilities and securing a permanent home ground for Clydebank FC. The neighbours to the development opposed the new facilities and these will be provided at an alternative location.
3. The Labour Administration provide £500k towards a £1.65m Community Sports Hub centred around athletics at Posties Park in Dumbarton.
4. The Labour Administration had provided £500k towards a Community Sports Hub in Alexandria, it was to be around the proposed new primary schools. However, the consultation showed the school communities were opposed the new primary schools and unfortunately the Community Sports project can no longer proceed.
5. The Labour Administration  is supporting the development of a Community Sports Hub in Balloch, centred on the theme of watersports.
6. The Labour Administration secured £2.8m of funding towards a £3.7m upgrade of Levengrove Park.
7. Lomond Rugby Club in Bonhill is to benefit from a £40,000.
8. The Labour Administration is looking at additional developments across the authority as part of the 2016/17 budget process.