For Its residents and visitors Helensburgh Needs a town centre that is safe and clean
Shopping is Britain's favourite leisure pursuit. Helensburgh needs to compete with covered shopping arcades / malls elsewhere through its unique independent retail sector. We need to give greater preference to pedestrians, provide a safe shopping environment and one that is clean and pollution free.
For more details re safety in the town, please refer to the Initiatives for Children and Young People.
INITIATIVES
- Establish cleaner, healthier streets by actively promoting civic pride. E.G. talking to school children, running poster competitions. Kick start the campaign by entering the Britain In Bloom competition.
- Conduct a full traffic survey of the Town Centre and the surrounding streets. . . Pedestrianise Colquhoun Square and West Princes St between Colquhoun Square and Sinclair St. . Extend at a later date to Sinclair St between West Princes St and Clyde St. and East Princes Street (to allow easier access to Helensburgh Central Station)
- Consequent of giving greater priority to pedestrians, we need to improve the parking supply in the Town Central retail core, e.g. Maitland St car park could be expanded and the Drill Hall and Gasometer sites could be used. To encourage shoppers and visitors into the town, car parking must be very cheap or free.
- Build good quality public toilets, sufficient for the needs of Helensburgh residents and visitors alike. ABC to service and maintain them to a high standard -qw
- ABC to provide a more efficient refuse collection service. -qw
N.B. In the document, Initiatives that can be achieved fairly quickly are marked “-qw” (quickwin)
