Raeberry Street Quietway

Connecting Woodside is an area-based project designed to deliver lasting improvements that are accessible, attractive. and enjoyed by nearby residents and active travel users.  

The Connecting Woodside project will help to grow an active travel culture so that all, young and old, feel safe and comfortable making their daily journeys. The project will also help to deliver a better quality of life in a social environment for residents and visitors to the area. Improving the cycling infrastructure and facilities will also help to make cycling safer and more accessible for all, which will encourage people to cycle instead of drive for shorter journeys.

Creating better streets, larger footways, increased size and access to green spaces and, the attractiveness of everyday active travel, Connecting Woodside will connect Raeberry Street with the wider Woodside, Garscube and Canal area enhancements.

Raeberry Street quietway purpose is to break down the barriers to active travel by providing a low traffic route with increased visibility for those that are less comfortable on busy routes and wish to travel at a gentler pace, that is inviting to all users with varying abilities.

Providing a continuous active travel connection. Raeberry Street Quietway will complement the surrounding active travel infrastructure projects, present and proposed, some of which include:

• Garscube Road segregated active travel route - Delivered Summer 2021

• The North Woodside Road Quietway improvements - Delivered Spring 2022

• St George's Road segregated active travel route

• West Princess Street Quietway

• The Forth and Clyde Canal

• The Kelvin Walkway

Thank you to everyone who participated in the previous consultation on the Raeberry Street design. The feedback provided has valuable during the design process, to better understand what the community wants out of the project.

We are planning to improve street lighting throughout Raeberry Street and Garriochmill Road. This will include the replacement of the existing, dated lighting columns.

Additional speed cushions have been added along Raeberry Street. These combined with the creation of additional footway space, will encourage through traffic to travel slower, creating a safer active travel corridor through the area.

Resurfacing of the existing carriageways will be carried out where appropriate. This includes the Garriochmill Road access to the Kelvin Walkway, where the carriageway has deteriorated significantly.

Many concerns were raised during the initial consultation regarding the inclusion of additional seating along Raeberry Street. These have been removed and are to be replaced with additional green space, and recycling points for the local community. Improvements to lighting, a proven method to reduce anti-social behavior, are also planned throughout the project.

Providing connectivity to the main employment, leisure and schooling areas of the city, as well as the surrounding neighbourhoods of Woodside, North Kelvin and Hillhead. Raeberry Street will offer an improved environment for pedestrians with greater permeability, inviting green spaces and seating. Additionally, the street will offer a low traffic, active travel connection which is accessible to all travellers, local residents and commuters.

The design being put forward continues the same design philosophy undertaken within the rest of the Connecting Woodside project. With a quietway active travel route sharing the carriageway with vehicles, the proposals include:

• A signal controlled crossing on Maryhill Road, repositioned on the desire line of Raeberry Street with Trossachs Street
  • Public space enhancements on the desire line of Raeberry Street with Trossachs Street to facilitate the new signal controlled crossing.

• Realigned Raeberry Street vehicle access/ egress to facilitate signal controlled crossing reallocation

• The reduction in width of existing traffic lanes on Raeberry Street to promote reduce speed.

• Increased green spaces

• Improved lighting

• Speed reduction measures, to be agreed with local community

• Increased permeability with greater drop kerbs

• Secure cycle parking options, to be agreed with local community

• Route/ directional signage

• Shared footway areas

• Reconfiguration of Raeberry Street/ Striven Gardens/ Garriochmill Road junction

Do you live in the area? Do you work here or perhaps just travel through? Please take a minute to tell us what you think of the plans, click below:

Physical copies are available at Community Central Hall, 292-316 Maryhill Rd, Glasgow G20 7YE.

If you require assistance, please contact the team.

Email: sustainabletransport@glasgow.gov.uk

For anyone wishing to view the Raeberry Street design in greater detail, or for additional information regarding the Connecting Woodside project, please click below: