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Inside the exciting plans for an urban park in Glasgow’s Southside

The Devon Street Urban Park project, driven by Glasgow’s urban sports community, aims to transform an underutilised area beneath the M74 motorway into a free public urban sculpture park and active leisure space.

The project has been in the works for nearly a decade.

It is set to provide much-needed green space and amenities for the local community, especially young people.

With funding in place, the project will create a new cultural landmark on the south side of Glasgow (Image: Abnormal PR) Scottish artist and skateboarders Toby Paterson and Raydale Dower have led the project design since 2014, teaming up with BMX rider and professional ramp builder John Bailey in 2020.

They have attracted a £1.2 million funding offer from the Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation in the US.

Danny MacAskill, a professional street trials mountain bike rider, said: “Devon Street Urban Park is such an exciting project, a stone throw away from my old house on the Southside of Glasgow, it will be a great place to ride.

“It would have been a dream to have this growing up, what a great opportunity for kids in the Southside of Glasgow to learn to ride and get rad.”

The project has been in the works for nearly a decade (Image: Abnormal PR) Councillor Jon Molyneux, Pollokshields Ward, said: “As an elected member for the Pollokshields ward in Glasgow, I am pleased to offer my support for the GUS proposal to develop the site underneath the M74 at Devon Street into a park for Urban Sports.

“I believe this proposal has the potential to be genuinely transformative and deliver across a number of environmental, economic and social inclusion agendas.”

The next step is to gain public support to secure further funding.

With funding in place, the project will create a new cultural landmark on the Southside of Glasgow.

The design proposals are on display in Tramway’s upper foyer space for public viewing and consultation until October 6 and at The Loading Bay from October 10.



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