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Environment Trust - Alexandria 
Capital Programme Projects
New Bonhill
Ladyton Shop Public Realm design.
The EAP for New Bonhill highlighted 
footpaths, access and the public realm as being key
priorities for improvement and regeneration.After undertaking a number of footpath and access
improvement projects over the last few years the Trust is now focussing on regenerating the
public realm around the mainneighbourhood centre in Ladyton.This is intended to provide
benefits for the wider community as well as assisting to sustain these important localfacilities.
The Trust undertook a series of works to improve the public realm around the shops, library
and community education centre in Ladyton with a series of ‘early action projects’ including
re-painting the fencing and re-surfacing the ramped steps. In conjunction with this WDC
undertook some footpath maintenance works to compliment the overall improvement works.
Project costs
: £18,140.55
In addition to this Phase I also included the development of overall landscape proposals for improving
the Ladyton public realm space in subsequent phases. These proposals have been welcomed by
the New Bonhill Regeneration Group and are currently being considered in detail by WDC
Roads with the intention that they will be implemented by the Trust in the course of 2009/2010.
Project costs: £5,533.23
New Bonhill project costs
2008/2009: £23,672.7
The Mill of Haldane has benefited from significant public investment in housing regeneration
over the last four years and the Trust has supported this through substantial environmental
improvement projects.
The focus has been on improving the range of opportunities for play
and social interaction through a series of major environmental projects most notably the
transformation of the ‘green corridor ‘ and the installation of play facilities in Brown Street. Whilst
the green corridor project has continued to thrive as the landscaping matures it is with regret
to report that the Brown Street play facilities have recently been subjected to serious vandalism.
This year the Trust has focussed on regenerating the Inler Park, which is an important, 
yet under used,
green space resource with tremendous potential lying between the Mill of Haldane and Jamestown.
This initial phase is intended to improve the image of the park with new fencing and signage at the main
entrance, footpath reconstruction and installation of lighting, footbridge refurbishment and vegetation
and woodland clearance. It is gratifying to see that these improvements have had almost immediate
effect with greater numbers of people visiting the park and making use of the refurbished footpath
link between Haldane and Jamestown. The project was also supported by West Dunbartonshire
Council who provided funding to assist with the footpath and lighting aspects of the project.
It is hoped that subsequent regeneration phases will extend the footpath network as well as
creating new opportunities for active play, sport and social interaction.
Project Costs: £50,385.05
Partners: WDC, Balloch & Haldane
Community Council