Josef wrote:RDR wrote:It needs to be huge, as the entire site will eventually have approx. 10,000 staff on it. To put that in perspective Motherwell has a population of 8,000. So its the size of a small town.
That's surely complete nonsense. Motherwell? 8,000 population? I've been to games at Fir Park where there were more than three times that many folk, and I doubt that -as per the evil twins - they are drawing support from areas without the faintest geographical connection.
HappyGlasgowGuy wrote:I happen to work down at the Southern in the lab block, and can confirm that it stinks something rotten down there. If you go a full week without having to deal with the sewage works then it's heaven.
The parking issue is a total nightmare just now, and the proposed additional bus routes (especially for those north of the Clyde) just aren't happening. To put things into perspective, I live 4 miles from the hospital, right through the tunnel. We've all been told that we shouldn't be driving to work and instead get buses. Now, this 4 mile drive takes me around twenty minutes in busy traffic and yet to use buses, I'd need to get one into the bus station and then one back out, making the journey time (including the times waiting for buses) nearer the 1 hour 45 minute mark.
They've messed up big time with this one, there was no need to build such a massive hospital. If only they had invested a lot of that money into targeting areas with the lowest life expectancy in Glasgow and aiding them rather than building a super hospital.
1. It's a truism that you can never have enough parking spaces. I do agree that the transport to the SG- and to anywhere in the region of Govan generally - is appallingly convoluted. Nothing 'goes via'. Everything starts or terminates at Govan.
Nonetheless : 1 hour 45 minutes for a four mile journey? Bollocks. You can walk that far in an hour, let alone sit on your arse. PM me your postcode and I'll sort a route out for you.
2) "there was no need to build such a massive hospital". Yes, there was. DGHs don't work for anything other than minor complaints. Whilst I sympathise with folk who will have to travel miles to get to their nearest A&E/Maternity/etc, they'll be better off.
3) "If only they had invested a lot of that money into targeting areas with the lowest life expectancy in Glasgow and aiding them rather than building a super hospital." I'd agree that that's the most effective option, Politically, it's not. See any number of "Save our local deathtrap!" campaigns.
Were you to say that a bit of joined-up thinking is needed re public transport to the SG, I'd thoroughly agree. Anymore (currently) inaccessible destination in central Glasgow it'd be hard to think of.