Yes, you read that RIGHT! One poor little robin Christmas Decoration was missed out by the council in Main Street, High Blantyre, directly across from the post office, when the street light decorations were taken down in January this year. The lonesome un-illuminated robin was left accidentally on the lamppost, for a full SIX MONTHS….. […]
Category: infrastucture
Fatality on Glasgow Road
Glasgow Road was closed off to traffic very early this morning, as police were out marking the road and undertaking an investigation. Sadly, we have learned that a man has died after being struck by a car in at this location early last night. The 59-year-old was crossing Glasgow Road in Blantyre at about 00:45 […]
65 Lighting Faults Fixed
You may recall at the start of April, with the assistance of Blantyre Telegraph readers, we compiled a huge list of 65 broken and faulty street lights in Blantyre. Acting on the concerns of residents in Blantyre, we immediately sent the list off to our local councillors Bert Thomson and Mo Razzaq along with a […]
M74 Road Closures
The ongoing resurfacing works on the M74, between Junctions 6 and 12, are continuing this weekend and early into next week. However, this weekend will see some disruption with certain complete road closures expected. Scotland TranServ will carry out the latest work in both directions under a series of overnight closures to ensure the safety […]
Street Light Concerns Addressed
Blantyre Community Committee in recent weeks felt it had a duty to share its civic concerns to South Lanarkshire Council, regarding the amount of recent complaints and current status of Blantyre’s Street lighting. With Blantyre’s Street lights laying with the responsibility of the council, faults are relied upon being reported by the public. Whilst some have […]
Exclusive: Committee Rejects Council Nomination
Blantyre Community Committee have by a resounding majority voted to not put forward nominations to become a Community Council. The well established Community Group for Blantyre put the motion to a vote on Sunday 15th November 2015. After some discussion, the vote saw everybody aligned with an outcome to continue as they are. Committee chairperson, […]