I'm calling again on South Lanarkshire Council to scrap the controversial dualling of Stewartfield Way after local residents overwhelmingly rejected the plan.
I recently polled the area and was inundated with replies to my survey on the controversial road upgrade, with residents demanding the money be used to upgrade East Kilbride’s rail network instead.
I was overwhelmed by the response and I am calling on council leader John Ross to dump the plan, which is being funded through the City Deal.
I’ve lost count of the amount of times I have been stopped in the street by people in regard to the proposed dualling of Stewartfield Way.
There is a real sense of frustration that the council are ploughing ahead with this without listening to those who will be most affected if it goes ahead.
I decided to see if this was a view held by the majority of the residents of Stewartfield and to ask if they felt the money would be better spent elsewhere.
I along with some local residents, hand delivered thousands of leaflets around Stewartfield and was inundated with replies.
Hundreds of households have responded to say NO to the dualling and YES to upgrading the town’s rail network.
An overwhelming majority of the comments said the money should be put into the electrifying of the rail network and dualling the line from Busby.
We need a rail upgrade now but we will need it even more if extra homes are built here.
There is a widespread view that the City Deal money would be better spent on trains rather than roads.
We now need to know if Cllr Ross shares that view.
