Over the last year or so, we have had many meetings and consultations with City Councillors, City Council Land Services Department, Strathclyde Police, Strathclyde Fire and Rescue as well as with residents and local businesses with regard to Parking restrictions during major events at Hampden Park and Daytime Parking Restrictions on Cathcart Road. Unfortunately all these discussions have been put on ice due to the recent elections. We will now be back in touch with these agencies as well as with our new City Councillors to resolve these issues once and for all.

Mount Florida Community Council has initiated a consultation exercise with the shop owners and residents of Cathcart Road in Mount Florida affected by the present parking restrictions.   more »

This is an open letter from Mount Florida Community Council to those involved in major events at Hampden Park:   more »

There are various sites in Mount Florida where dumping of rubbish, including household items is taking place on an ongoing basis. We are actively trying to remedy this situation to make Mount Florida a nicer place to live. Rubbish should either be disposed of in black bin bags at the communal bin area, or Glasgow City Council can be called to pick up bulk refuse or fridges.

On street rubbish bins should not be used for household rubbish, as they are small and quickly overflow.

We are also concerned about people of all ages throwing away rubbish in the street.

Finally, we are hoping to instigate advertising for increasing the use of the blue recycling bins where paper, carton, tins, and plastic bottles can be disposed of for recycling.

Mount Florida Community Council would like to help inform people of all ages about activities, local groups and support available in the area. If you know of any clubs, organisations, groups please let us know by sending an email to mfcc at hotmail.co.uk (replacing the "at" with "@"), or by leaving a comment right here, or by posting it on our Forum (see the link on the right column of this webpage).

One of the issues identified to have an adverse effect on Mount Florida and its residents is parking.

Parking restrictions on Cathcart Road
Parking restrictions on Cathcart Road mean that residents who depend on the car to undertake their shopping find it difficult to find nearby parking. arking restrictions on Cathcart have therefore a serious effect on llocal businesses. We would like to see the parking restrictions on Cathcart Road lifted for the shopping area so that temporary parking will be possible.

Parking Restrictions during Matches/Concerts at Hampden Park
During matches and concerts at Hampden Park, further parking restrictions apply. While nothing can be changed about this, we would like to see better communication with Hampden Park, and have provided links to the events pages of Hampden Park on this website. Hopefully, this means that residents will be better aware of dates and park their cars accordingly.

Parking behaviour
We are also concerned about inconsiderate parking in Mount Florida. No parking signs and road markings are often ignored, and access to streets is often obstructed by cars parked on corners. This is a potential health and safety hazard for emergency vehicles. In addition, cars are parked on pavements or on access points to pavements, thus constituting a dangerous obstacle for wheelchair users and prams.

Park and Ride
Many people use Mount Florida to Park and Ride, leaving their cars near the train station in the morning. This adds to the difficulty of finding parking spaces for local residents.