Contractors CBC have started work on a new £3.8 million community sports facility in Clydebank.

The Clydebank Community Sports Hub is being developed on the site of old playing fields at Dean Street in Whitecrook and completion is scheduled for later this year.

Features will include a new full size, flood-lit, all-weather synthetic pitch, two re-developed grass pitches, 10 community allotments and newly renovated indoor sports facilities − with room for clubs and community groups to meet.

The project has been driven by three sports clubs working closely in partnership to secure a new home, with backing received from the Scottish Government, West Dunbartonshire Council, sportscotland, the Gaelic Athletic Association, Cashback for Communities, Scottish Rugby, The Robertson Trust and Barr Environmental Limited through the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund.

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To mark the start of construction, a ground-breaking ceremony was held at the site with Cllrs Ian McLaren and Diane Docherty, who were joined by Local Government and Housing Minister, Kevin Stewart.

Cllr McLaren said: "This is a very exciting project for Clydebank and it will make Whitecrook a real, lively hub of sporting activity.

"And as well as all the brilliant sports facilities that will be available, we were determined to ensure the wider community could make use of the CCSH too, which is why there will be community allotments and space for community groups to meet."

Minister Stewart said: "I'm delighted to be here today to see work officially start on this project, which will redevelop an almost derelict site into a modern, purpose-built community hub for use by all of the local community.

"The hub will offer much more than sporting facilities - it will provide significant regeneration outcomes for Whitecrook using sport as a catalyst, particularly in relation to health and wellbeing, engaging with and educating young people, addressing unemployment and crime and encouraging community participation and volunteering.

"Community planning is at the heart of this project and I'm pleased that the community has been at the forefront of developing it to make sure it meets local needs."

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