Financial close has been reached on a £3 million community hub project in East Dunbartonshire.

Contractor CCG is due to begin building the Bearsden Community Hub on 04 April.

The project is being developed by hub West Scotland in partnership with the local authority.

The new facility is based on a reconfiguration of the Burgh Hall site on Drymen Road.

It will include a re-provisioning of the library and community archives from Brookwood as well as enhancing the current hall facilities through a full refurbishment.

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Other features include a range of council, library, leisure and cultural services under one roof, new public meeting rooms and social work facilities, new public toilets and an entire upgrade of the current accommodation.

Council Leader Rhondda Geekie said: "The development of the Community Hub is exciting news for Bearsden and will see major investment in the town centre. The new Community Hub will provide everyone in Bearsden with a state-of-the-art facility they will be proud of."

Debbie McNamara, Chief Executive at hub West Scotland, added: "We are delighted to be delivering East Dunbartonshire Council's Community Hub in Bearsden, which is due to start on site in April. This will be the third community hub we have delivered in partnership following the recently opened Lennoxtown Community Hub, and the first hub in William Patrick Library in Kirkintilloch."

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