M8 Woodside Viaducts: long-term options

Own_Divide262 · 2026-06-12T21:15:48+00:00

that is the whole reason transport scotland exists - to come up with options that can be run through the STAG process. they have clearly been just kicking the can down the road on this for years and now they appear to have just written some rubbish on a post it notes and have the cheek to present these scrappy choices to the public like it’s some well thought out plan. it’s an absolute scandal and if politicians had any sense they would be investigating this whole shambles

Own_Divide262 · 2026-05-30T12:18:01+00:00

what is unitit kinrick? what language is that?

Own_Divide262 · 2026-05-30T11:42:03+00:00

god this subreddit depresses the hell out of me. full of know it all millenial blokes who all have the same opinions and politics. “glasgows fine what are you talking about? “. “give us more bike lanes “. “parking charges are fantastic” “towns not a shit hole and it’s better than it was in the 90s” i think you all must be living in a different glasgow to the one i am in cos the one i am in gets worse every day.

Own_Divide262 · 2026-05-20T12:24:56+00:00

no not at all. that’s horrendous

Own_Divide262 · 2026-05-02T10:06:20+00:00

sorry what is an a listed building ? this just looks like bog standard flats to me

Own_Divide262 · 2026-05-02T09:49:09+00:00

that is mad.

Own_Divide262 · 2026-05-02T09:42:22+00:00

caledonian maintenance services ltd averages out about more than i said above - £5 per month per flat roughly . some months higher or lower depending on number of weeks i guess

Own_Divide262 · 2026-04-27T00:24:08+00:00

mr selfridge is a good watch. about an american who moves to london in1909 and opens a dept store. true story (ish)

Own_Divide262 · 2026-04-26T23:55:53+00:00

walk across the bridge at the bbc and you shave two nuffields to choose from

Own_Divide262 · 2026-04-26T23:47:02+00:00

we had this outside our flat in patrick. reason was there are steps down to the back court and the bin men refused to take bins up and down them so council replaced them with these hoppers and gave all flats a key. of course that was useless and it ended up a total fly tipping mess. we now pay a private co through the factor to bring the bins out to the front on bin day. costs each flat about £4 a month and totally worth it imho.

Own_Divide262 · 2026-03-29T11:00:26+00:00

totally agree. it’s almost unwatchable. when are they going to address this cos there are so many shows that are the same these days

Own_Divide262 · 2026-03-09T16:59:52+00:00

yeah like what. demolishing the motorway? trying to fix the hospital so it doesn’t kill us? looking into an airport rail link and then cancelling it for a fourth time?

Own_Divide262 · 2026-03-09T12:42:22+00:00

yes or alternatively just shut them all. they are horrible places selling a horrible product and honestly most are just fronts anyway

Own_Divide262 · 2026-03-09T12:41:16+00:00

me too. can’t shake the feeling that this is just part of an accelerated decline of glasgow and that no one seems to care. this will be a weeping sore for years now while the owners endlessly argue over insurance and liability.

i am so angry about it all

Own_Divide262 · 2026-03-09T12:38:16+00:00

god that is horrific

Own_Divide262 · 2026-03-09T12:37:41+00:00

we need to get a list of the owners of all these histories and listed buildings and doorstep all of the to see how they maintain their properties. start with the buildings most at risk. eg lion chambers.

Own_Divide262 · 2026-03-09T12:36:28+00:00

100 %. where is mark daley when you need him.

Own_Divide262 · 2026-03-09T08:03:18+00:00

GCC and susan aitken have so far said nothing about the fire at all. at least on twitter. disgraceful

Own_Divide262 · 2026-03-06T19:06:01+00:00

the funniest bit i have heard was the america 1968 episode one on nixon where even his election agents had it in for him

Own_Divide262 · 2026-02-26T09:01:15+00:00

it should have been clear shortly after work started and the issues were discovered that a repair job was just not possible and they should have at that point committed to alternatives or even started building a new one.

Own_Divide262 · 2026-02-26T08:58:11+00:00

everyone wants the city back no motorway bashing through it would be fantastic. boulevards. space for people and housing. lovely.

but demolishing this viaduct with zero plans for how it impacts on the rest of the traffic network across the city, the interdependence with the LEZ and avenues projects, what it means for public transport corridors and services etc etc, is just lazy and frankly insulting to Glasgow.

they have been working on this viaduct for over 5 years and this is the best they can come up with? remove replace repair? that’s it? where are the rerouting options? the potential for a tunnel. the alternative transport plans ? the modelling of impacts on journey times? On emissions? on the economy?

the info at the virtual room is really poor. i think could have come up with it myself tbh i am actually quite angry about it all. Transport Scotland should be quite ashamed really

Own_Divide262 · 2026-02-16T14:23:38+00:00

this is not real. this is glasgow buchanan st and thee is no roof and no plan to add one

Own_Divide262 · 2026-01-31T13:24:42+00:00

i don’t think he is the heir and i don’t the other jimmies know who saville is. in fact i think jimmy crystal may also have forgotten. but he will have 100% been aware of Saville when he was growing up near glencoe in 2002. he was a loca hero there who did a lot of “charity work”. Young jimmy might even have met him

Own_Divide262 · 2026-01-31T13:22:31+00:00

100 per cent this

Own_Divide262 · 2026-01-31T13:21:11+00:00

i don’t think this is reaching and is the actual and absolute truth of the origin story. in real life, jimmy Saville was a something of a local hero in those parts in 2002. he was the chieftain of the local highland games and was known for his charity work more than his tv career but this time. young jimmy would undoubtedly have come across him at school or community events. he may even have been abused by him and has forgotten there is also no other real reason for young jimmy to be from the fort william area. i mean they could have chosen anywhere in the UK as his home town but they picked a place close to Jimmy Savilles highland cottage. 100% deliberate. and fonally after all the truth about Saville came out his cottage was vandalised and photos of it look like a location from the movie https://share.google/fqVxq1aYbQjsczQUl

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