A new park and ride facility for commuters in Helensburgh could be open within two years.
A deal to buy the former gasometer site in the town centre is currently being negotiated, a report has revealed.
Argyll and Bute Council has been awarded £80,000 by Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) to buy the land, which is in easy walking distance of Helensburgh Central railway station.
As revealed here, a feasibility study two years ago showed the site between East Princes Street and Grant Street could provide 57 parking spaces.
A report by transportation policy lead Alistair MacDougall said the price of the land would depend on surveys, which would show if any decontamination was needed.
“Land negotiations are currently being progressed with Scottish Gas Networks (SGN) by Argyll and Bute Council’s Estates Department with a view to the council purchasing the site for a park and ride facility,
“Land negotiations are understood to be at an advanced stage and this it is intended to purchase the site and undertake design works and planning in 2016/17 with a view to constructing a park and ride in 2017/18.”
The full meeting of the council will consider the report next Thursday.
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