Aurs Road Upgrade and Realignment and Balgray Reservoir Promenade and Permanent Lowering Works

Description

East Renfrewshire Council has now awarded to a suitably qualified company for the Aurs Road Upgrade and Realignment and Balgray Reservoir Promenade and Permanent Lowering Works. The project is part of East Renfrewshire Council's City Deal portfolio and consists of the upgrade and realignment of Aurs Road, Barrhead, stretching from the junction of Springfield Road to Stewarton Road including the installation of a Promenade and active travel route The works now awarded consist of 2 sections of new road being created to provide a better alignment for the overall road; new bridge designs including creation of new bridge to replace an existing weak road bridge, creation of new foot bridge. Partial alteration of the existing walkway bridge to Scottish Water’s drawdown tower; narrowing of road to one lane and associated traffic signal control as the road passes beneath the railway bridge; accommodation works within a neighbouring farm land to make good and reinstate the owners current procedures following disruption caused by one of the new road sections; installation of new round-a-bout; install culvert between Balgray Reservoir and Brock Burn by undertaking deep cut through Dam structure; resurfacing of the full stretch of road covering between the two junction points noted above; and the installation of a Promenade along Balgray Reservoir An overflow weir that spills into Brock Burn will also be removed / infilled and this will allow the whindust path above the weir to be resurfaced with tarmac from the end of the promenade to the bridge over the next flow control structure on the reservoir. East Renfrewshire Council have partnered with Scottish Water to deliver this project and while East Renfrewshire Council will be the Employer under the NEC Contract, the Culvert and Weir infill will be delivered by the successful Contractor on behalf of Scottish Water. The culvert and weir infill works are required to address an “interest of safety” matter by improving the capacity of the reservoir drawdown.