Contractors have been surfacing the carriageway at Farm Road, Blantyre today. Some disruption was unfortunately experienced by local residents, though on the plus side, work has been completed faster than the expected 3 days. Fencing was taken away during the afternoon.
South Lanarkshire Council will be working at Farm Road, Blantyre this week undertaking carriageway patchwork repairs. Setting up tomorrow, Monday 10th July 2023 work is scheduled to take place between the junction of Bruce Terrace and Thornhill Avenue. Works are expected to last 3 days and temporary traffic lights will be in place.
Looks like someone has been fly-tipping garden waste down the bottom of Thornhill Avenue (the Dandy). The mess is just about 50 yards up from Farm Road on right hand side. Residents who have been out walking their dog, complained of the mess and have reported it to the council. It’s a shame this pile […]
South Lanarkshire Council are in consultation with BT about plans to remove a further 26 public payphones across South Lanarkshire. For Blantyre’s 4 remaining phone boxes, it means the Farm Road one (at junction of Station Road) is at risk. All the info you need on the proposed locations and how to have your say […]
A local family were terrorised by a gang of youths at Farm Road yesterday, Wednesday 22nd January 2020. Around 7.20pm last night, the window of a house at Farm Road/Moffat Place was deliberately smashed by passing youths, the shattered glass narrowly missing the occupants, some of whom are very young children. The group of idiots […]
An Audi car was targeted by vandals on the evening of Monday 16th December 2019. The car had been parked on Farm Road, Blantyre and was deliberately keyed, a discovery made by the angry owner the next day. The vandalism has left him with a lofty repair bill for no reason. Did you see anything […]
Recent public consultation on the use of Public Phone Boxes in Lanarkshire has throw up some interesting results, including identifying which boxes the public would like to save. Plans by BT would have seen the closure of 36 phone boxes in Lanarkshire after it was announced the use of phone boxes has decreased by 90% […]