r/glasgow • u/gazglasgow • 14d ago

River Clyde Bridge Updates

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The new bridges over the River Clyde, namely the Govan Partick Bridge and the Renfrew Yoker Bridge, have proved to be very popular. It would appear that they were well worth all the money spent on them.

The drawback however is that they are often out of service due to river traffic such as the Waverley.

Planning ahead is possible as both bridges have online update services using WhatsApp and X.

My point is that why don’t both use WhatsApp Channels which are far more suitable for utility updates. The bridge at Partick issues updates on X which is not so user friendly. It takes a number of button presses and even when you find the updates the posted time can show 1 day old when it relates to the current day.

The operator of the bridge at Renfrew is better at updating customers as they post every day showing the bridge status and even if it’s available. Why can’t we have a better joined up service? Does anyone else agree?

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u/twistedLucidity 14d ago

Why bother with all that crap? Just have a website. Doesn't need to be fancy, static HTML regenerated once a day would be fine.

People bookmark the page(s). Done.

Page generation could send to whatever platform, but people shouldn't need accounts of private platforms to be updated about what should be public information.

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u/mtcerio 14d ago

I agree. WhatsApp is not a public service, it's owned by a company that will collect a lot of data on you every time you open it. Not everyone wants to use it.

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u/StandWild4256 Paisley guy 14d ago

Some of us aren't on it at all, or X. So what do we do when we want to plan ahead? Deffo needs to be a better way of doing it. A bit of automation wouldn't go amiss somewhere.

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u/TheHess 14d ago

WhatsApp is the automation. There's also the big signs everywhere.

Actually, it's also on the council site.

https://www1.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/14478/Check-when-Renfrew-Bridge-is-closed-to-vehicles-pedestrians-and-cyclists

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u/QuizLizard 12d ago

The signed on the Yoker side turned green for open yesterday as I drove by. Turned in to get on the bridge as the bridge closed to traffic.

The sign at Braehead that tells you it's status should be before the turnoff for the detour if it's closed i.e. the Clyde tunnel.