A £100million plan to redevelop East Kilbride's crumbling town centre will 'restore civic pride' in Scotland's first new town, project leaders say.
MORE than 75 years after East Kilbride welcomed its first residents, a "radical" masterplan to redevelop its rundown centre has been unveiled.that more than a third of the existing shopping centre will be demolished with retail reduced by 42% to make way for hundreds of new homes, a hotel, shops and a civic space in a project sector insiders estimate could top £100m.
"It's been quite interesting looking at the old news clips to see how passionate and proud people were of the town centre in those first 20-30 years of the new town."Walking around it today it's quite difficult to identify that same passion," he said. "As time went on and Glasgow strengthened with Braehead and then Silverburn, its ability to compete at that sub-regional level has got less and less.
Centre West will be demolished to create a new neighbourhood of up to 400 homes in the heart of the town in an"open green format". The masterplan will generate employment through short-term construction jobs and longer-term regeneration through town centre employment in retail and leisure, business rates, as well as more"local spend."
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