Demolition of 4 tower blocks is triumph for locals

FOUR notorious tower blocks in Glasgow are to be pulled down and up to 60 new homes built in their place.

All four Trafside Oval tower blocks are now due to be demolished Picture: Martin Shields

Glasgow Housing Association initially had permission to demolish two of the multi-storey blocks at Tarfside Oval in Cardonald, but has now announced all four are to go.

A spokesman said they had listened to the community and it was clear they wanted all four pulled down.

He said the flats, which have seen a series of police drug raids and a murder in recent years, had become unpopular and expensive to maintain.

They are currently empty with all the tenants rehoused elsewhere.

Glasgow City councillor for Craigton Alistair Watson said it was a triumph for the residents and "one of the occasions when consultation has really worked".

He said: "The local community was totally, 100% behind the complete clearance of the site.

"There were deep-seated issues with crime. The level of crime was worrying people, it was spreading like a cancer. This is a unique opportunity to reinvent the area."

Mr Watson, a local councillor for 20 years, said the flats, which at one time housed around 500 people, had started to decline in the late 1980s.

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Demolition of 4 tower blocks is triumph for locals