Residents asked for views on how to improve village's Main Street

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People living in Winchburgh are being invited to help transform Main Street into a more vibrant, accessible and welcoming place for everyone to travel around and spend time in.The Winchburgh Community Development Trust in partnership with West Lothian Council and Winchburgh Developments Ltd, successfully applied for Sustrans Scotland’s Street Design Programme in 2018.The project forms part of a wider vision for the regeneration of Winchburgh and addresses some of the priorities identified by the community in the Village Study (2017) such as ‘bringing people together’, ‘the look and feel of the village’ and ‘developing community spaces’.The project will be launched at Winchburgh Farmers Market, Community Garden on Main Street from 10am-1pm on Saturday.Residents, businesses and community groups are invited to drop-in and learn more about the project.

There will be treats and refreshments as well as child-friendly activities.The project area is focused on Main Street, specifically, between the entrance to Daisy Park in the west and the junction with Beatlie Road to the east.This is the first in a series of engagement activities during which the project partners would like to invite people to share their views and aspirations for the area to ensurethat the future design meets the needs of those who use it the most.The aim of the collaborative design process is to produce an initial design whichcreates warm, welcoming and more attractive public spaces, a comfortable and safe environment to walk, wheel and cycle, better travel experiences through Winchburgh Main Street- particularly whenaccessing local facilities and a sense of identity for Main Street, drawing on local culture and heritage.Hazel Mcleod of Winchburgh Community