Inverclyde

An Inverclyde councillor has been suspended for one month after he was found guilty of failing to declare an interest in a planning application for a major £350 million housing project at the former IBM Site in Spango Valley, Greenock.

Minister for active travel Patrick Harvie MSP visited Gourock train station to officially open a new active travel link.

Two new cranes are to be called Craner Swift and U-Crane Bolt after a pair of creative schoolkids won the chance to name the huge structures. Avaleigh Lang, 10, of Lady Alice Primary in Greenock, chose Craner Swift as a nod to the US pop icon, while Frances McFadden, 10, of the town’s St Mary&

A £2 million project to preserve Greenock Town Hall for future generations is underway.

More than £11 million has been invested in a major upgrade of facilities at Inchgreen Marine Park in Inverclyde to help attract new tenants to the site. New utility connections, new roadways and even the purchase of extra land to make the site more usable are among the developments that have j

Scotland’s Railway welcomed MP Ronnie Cowan and MSP Stuart McMillan once again to Port Glasgow station to discuss the successful delivery of the £5 million project to improve accessibility for passengers.

A town board which will help direct £20 million of investment in central Greenock is taking shape with the appointment of two council figures. Councillors Francesca Brennan and Elizabeth Robertson were unanimously voted in as the local authority’s representatives on the Greenock Town Boa

Scottish Water’s £2.5 million project to tackle frequent flooding on the A8 trunk road through Inverclyde has been completed. East Hamilton Street in Greenock – which runs parallel to the River Clyde past the James Watt Dock - has been prone to localised floods for many years.

The old footbridge at Port Glasgow station was successfully removed over the course of the weekend.

Walkers, wheelers and cyclists will be able to stay on track as they travel through Gourock train station thanks to the creation of a new active travel route. Funding from the Scottish Government, administered through Sustrans’ Scotland’s Network Development Fund, together with partners

Public and private sector partners came together this month to celebrate the completion of a new road and causeway in Greenock. The new road and causeway have been designed to open up Garvel Island, assisting the existing businesses in that area with better connectivity whilst also providing brand-n

A major £3.2 million redevelopment of Greenock’s traditional high street is underway.

The Easdale Investment Group has gained approval for a new £15 million housing development on the site of the former 19th-century Tate & Lyle sugar refinery in Greenock, almost 27 years after the sugary refinery shut down. The 5.2-acre elevated site is located on Drumfrochar Road, Greenock

Ardgowan Distillery has appointed Muir Construction to begin the first phase of Inverclyde’s first zero-carbon whisky distillery.

An ambitious £70 million plan to revitalise and regenerate key areas of Inverclyde has been put to a senior government figure in a bid to attract vital funding. Inverclyde Council leader Stephen McCabe and Stuart McMillan Greenock and Inverclyde Constituency MSP, in their roles as co-chairs of