South Dalmarnock Riverside Park Formally Opened

On 23 November the new £3.1 million Dalmarnock Riverside Park was formally opened in Glasgow's east end, the fourth greenspace developed in recent years by regeneration specialist Clyde Gateway.

Tom Arthur MSP, the Scottish Government's minister for public finance, planning and community wealth, opened the park by cutting a ribbon.

Tom Arthur MSP cutting the ribbon as part of the formal opening of the Riverside Park

Work started at Riverside Park last December to transform the previously vacant site into a new greenspace which provides direct access from Dalmarnock to the Clyde Walkway with new footpaths, lighting, rain gardens, play and landscaped areas.

New raingardens to manage surface water runoff

The new greenspace will support the delivery of hundreds of new residential units as well as commercial spaces. As part of Clyde Gateway's commitment to increasing biodiversity and reducing the area's carbon footprint, over 5,000 square metres of shrubs and 45 trees have been planted.

This is the first project completed under the Scottish Government's £50 million low carbon Vacant and Derelict Land Investment Programme and is a best practice example of driving regeneration and innovation while improving biodiversity and tackling climate change as part of wider economic transformation.

Further details of the project are available here - https://projectscot.com/2022/11/community-park-breathes-new-life-into-previously-vacant-glasgow-site/

(November 2022)