The Western Desert Recce Group will be holding an Information and Meet & Greet Afternoon at the Whitehaugh Barracks on Sunday 20 November between 12:00 noon and 4:00 pm. The barracks are located in Whitehaugh Avenue. The purpose of the event is to meet with members of the local community and share plans for the renovation of the barracks as a community asset. If you would like to know more about the event please contact: gary@wdrg.org.

More information about the history of Whitehaugh Barracks can be found on the paisley.org.uk website.

Parking in Paisley can now be paid for online or by phone following the introduction of RingGo to car parks and on-street spaces.

Anyone parking in Paisley town centre can pay using the RingGo app, the RingGo website or by calling 0141 437 8378 – with cash payments still available from pay machines on site.

A ticket does not need to be displayed when paying by RingGo as parking attendants will check the license plate on their handheld devices, but a ticket is required when paying by cash.

More information can be found on the paisley.org.uk website and at www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/parking.

Amey, on behalf of Transport Scotland as part of the Network Management Contract for the South-West Trunk Road Unit, are undertaking essential maintenance on the M8 eastbound at the Junction 26 on and off-slip roads from Thursday 10th November until Thursday 24th November 2022.

This scheme, with a value of £261,675, will benefit around 11,156 vehicles using this route each day, by improving the condition of the carriageway and reducing the need for more extensive maintenance in the future. The work will be carried out using off-slip and on-slip road closures and single lane closures with signed diversions in operation.

The first phase of resurfacing works will take place on the eastbound Junction 26 off-slip road between Thursday 10th November and Friday 18th November 2022 and will involve a full closure between 9pm and 6am, each night. There will also be lane closures on the Hillington Roundabout and on the M8 eastbound carriageway at the Junction 26 off-slip road.

There will also be a daytime single lane closure on the eastbound Junction 26 off-slip road on Sunday 13th November 2022, between 6am and 9pm.

Traffic wishing to leave the M8 eastbound at Junction 26 may take one of three diversions:

  1. Continue on the M8 eastbound to Junction 24, turning right on to Helen Street and re-joining the M8 westbound at Junction 24 before exiting at Junction 25A or Junction 26.
  2. Leave the M8 at Junction 27, then turn right on to the A741 Paisley Road and right on to A8 Glebe Street, continue to Glasgow Road before turning right on to the A736 Hillington Road.
  3. Leave the M8 at Junction 27, then turn left on to the A741 Renfrew Road and turning left on to the A761 Glasgow Road before turning left on to the A736 Hillington Road.

In addition, overnight 9pm-6am between Tuesday 15th November and Friday 18th November 2022, the lane closures on the M8 eastbound carriageway will extend through to Junction 25 to enable investigation works for a future scheme to be carried out.  This element of works will also involve a closure of Junction 26 and Junction 25 eastbound on-slip roads overnight 9pm-6am on Tuesday 15th, Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th November 2022.

Traffic wishing to join the M8 eastbound at Junction 26 and Junction 25a should head north along the A736 Hillington Road, then take the third exit at the roundabout onto the A8 Renfrew Road, then continue onto Shieldhall Road before turning right onto Helen Street and joining the M8 at Junction 24.

The second phase of resurfacing works will take place on the eastbound Junction 26 on-slip road between Saturday 19th November and Wednesday 23rd November 2022 and will involve a full closure between 9pm and 6am, each night. There will also be lane closures on the Hillington Roundabout and on the M8 eastbound carriageway at the Junction 26 on-slip road.

Additionally, on Sunday 20th November 2022, there will be a lane closure on Hillington Roundabout from the Audi garage entrance which will become a lane closure on the eastbound Junction 26 on-slip between the hours of 6am and 9pm.

Traffic wishing to join the M8 eastbound at Junction 26 may take one of three diversions:

  1. Head north along the A736 Hillington Road, then take the second exit at the roundabout on to King’s Inch Road and turn right on to Old Govan Road to join the M8 at Junction 25A.
  2. Join the M8 westbound at Junction 26 and leave at Junction 27, turn right on to the A741 Renfrew Road and then turn right to join the M8 eastbound at Junction 27.
  3. Head north along the A736 Hillington Road, then take the third exit on to the roundabout on to the A8 Renfrew Road. Continue on to Shieldhall Road before turning right on to Helen Street and joining the M8 at Junction 24.

Traffic management for this roadworks scheme will be removed by 6am on Thursday 24th November 2022. 

Access for emergency service vehicles will be maintained throughout these works.

A ladies’ buffet lunch and fashion show in aid of St Mark’s Church will be held in Ralston Bowling Club on Saturday 5 November, starting at 12:30 pm. The event will include a pop-up shop where you can purchase high street brands at 50% or more off.

More details can be found in the website’s events section.

 

Paisley Halloween Festival will take place in Paisley’s historic town centre from Thursday 27  to Saturday 29 October.

The festival will include live performances and spine-chilling installations – all inspired by eminent heroes, myths and legends. From 6 pm to 9pm, the streets around Paisley Abbey will come alive with creeping spiders, other-worldly beings, a fire-breathing dragon and flying caped crusaders, all engaged in a battle of good versus evil.

More details can be found on the paisley.is website.

Many of you will have noticed that the McGill’s bus service has been very poor recently, with lots of buses missing. McGill’s say that this is caused by a national driver shortage. Details of short notice journey cancellations can now be found on the McGill’s website.

 

A new app has been launched to improve access to OneRen leisure facilities. The launch of the app follows the successful rollout of OneRen’s Legend e-booking system earlier this year.

The app allows customers to book and manage fitness classes and provides information on venue opening hours and the range of services on offer. Visitors will soon be able to use the app to gain access to OneRen’s facilities by scanning a code at entry barriers.

Use of the app requires people to have registered for Legend first. The app can installed on Apple and Android platforms. It can be downloaded by searching for “OneRen” on the Apple App Store or Android Google Play Store.

More details can be found on the OneRen website.

Kelburne Hockey Club has appealed against Renfrewshire Council’s decision to refuse its application for a community asset transfer (CAT) of Ralston Sports Centre to the club. The appeal will be considered by a sub-committee of the council’s Infrastructure, Land and Environment policy board.

The notice of review can be seen at Ralston_Community_Sports_Centre_-_Notice_of_Review.pdf (renfrewshire.gov.uk) Further representations (for or against the CAT application) can be made, in writing and stating your full name and address and postcode, to catreview@renfrewshire.gov.uk or by posting to CAT Review, Committee Services, Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley PAI 1TR. All further representations must be submitted by Thursday, 27 October 2022, which is 10 working days from the date of the notice of review.

The community council has been informed that copies of any previous representations will be considered when determining the review but these need to add value to what has previously been submitted. A copy of further representations received will be sent to Kelburne Hockey Club who will have a further 10 working days to submit a response.

All further representations and responses will be posted on the Council’s website: https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/4534/Community-Asset-Transfer.

General information about the asset transfer process is available at https://www.gov.scot/policies/community-empowerment/asset-transfer/ . For more information, contact communityassettransfer@renfrewshire.gov.uk or call 0300 300 0330.