With schools returning back tomorrow, Monday 14 April 2019, a little heads up that Park Lane will likely be busier than usual, for the school run to St Josephs Primary. Three way traffic lights are set up at the junction of Park Lane and Station Road and traffic is likely to be slow. To anybody […]
Tag: station road
Controversial Parking Plans
Moves are afoot to address parking concerns in Station Road, Blantyre, but the plans won’t be to everybody’s liking. Plans for introducing ‘pay to park’ zones were discussed by South Lanarkshire Council’s Roads Safety Forum on Tuesday 12 March. The scheme is called ‘Residents’ Parking Permit Zones (RPPZ), which is already in place in the […]
Inconsiderate Parking
Parking in Station Road, Blantyre, (or rather the lack of it!) once again hits the local news. KellyAnn McCormick has only just moved to the Village in Blantyre just before Christmas and was shocked that drivers had so little regard for pedestrians. She told us earlier today, “The parking on Station Road for the train […]
Vehicles Targeted, Blantyre
Multiple cars suffered damage last night as thieves broke into vehicles in Low Blantyre. Residents in both Priory Street and Station Road awoke this morning to find some of their cars with broken windows and items stolen from inside. Even items of little value were taken. The thefts and damage occurred overnight sometime in the […]
Crime: Suspicious Activity in Bushes
A male was spotted in bushes last night acting suspiciously in an area of Low Blantyre where there has been TWO separate indecent incidents in as many weeks. Blantyre lady, Laura Jane Thomson and her friend had come off the train at Blantyre Station at 11pm last night Friday 19th October 2018 and had walked up […]
Exclusive: Station Road Car Damaged
A parked car was involved in a hit and run incident on Station Road on Friday 19th June 2015. Some ignorant person, smashed completely into a car belonging to local woman, Mary and left her car in this condition. When Mary arrived back from work and disembarked from the train that day, she found somebody had […]





