Every day, the same thing happens on Hamilton Road.

Before 7am, the HGVs arrive into Broomhouse, parking and driving along Hamilton Road.  By peak time, there can be 4/5 a minute and up to 100 lorries an hour thundering past, school children waiting at bus stops, people out walking,  other cars and people’s homes.  Dirt and dust settles on everything — the pavements, roads, cycle paths, the gardens, cars, and in homes through open windows.  Walls in homes shake. Ceilings crack.  Broomhouse residents have to put up with the relentless shuddering and noise of  hundreds of HGVs driving through their community every day.

This is Hamilton Road in Broomhouse, Glasgow. And this has been happening every single day for more than 15 years.

This isn't a problem that crept up on anyone.

Residents and Broomhouse Community Council has been raising these issues for years. Hundreds of emails. Hundreds of photographs. Formal complaints. Requests for action - year after year.

The road was never designed for this volume of heavy traffic.  In 2014, Glasgow City Council's Planning Committee approved a permit variation that allowed a local waste facility to extend their operating hours to operate 7 days a week, including bank holidays, from 7am to 6pm.  Hundreds and hundreds of lorries now use Hamilton Road every single day of the year apart from Christmas day and Jan 1st— with no corresponding upgrade, no monitoring, and no plan for investment or upgrade.

The result is a road that has structurally failed. Visible "alligator cracking" runs the length — the tell-tale sign that the sub-base beneath the surface has completely broken down. We have seen attempts to patch potholes and cracks but this doesn’t work due to the volume of HGVs and other plant vehicles using this route . The only solution is a structural survey followed by repair and full resurfacing, not just part of the road.

Pedestrians and drivers suffer the dangers of potholes and vibrations causing damage to cars and danger to drivers and pedestrians as they swerve to avoid holes.  More worrying is that residents of Hamilton Road are living with the consequences in their own homes.

Cracks in walls. Cracked ceilings. Vibrations so severe that a group of elected members — including Councillors, an MP, and a GCC Roads representative — visited a resident's home during a formal site visit in April 2026, and described what they experienced as shocking.

One resident put it simply: "I feel the lorries through my feet. My walls are cracking. I can't open my windows, the noise is constant and horrendous”

This is not an isolated case. Dozens of families on Hamilton Road are living the same reality.

Progress is finally happening — but it is not enough.

After years of pressure the first ever formal multi-stakeholder meeting, bringing together Glasgow City Council's Roads, Planning and Street Cleaning teams, Police Scotland, elected members, and residents took place in April 2026. A formal site visit followed.

Partial resurfacing between Mount Vernon station and the Dogs Trust has started (23rd June 2026).  This is welcomed — but it falls far short of what is needed. The full route to Blackbear roundabout must be investigated, surveyed and then fully resurfaced. Vibration and dust monitoring must be commissioned. Speeding must be tackled with enforceable measures. And the community deserves a cleaning schedule that actually works.

The law is clear. Under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, Glasgow City Council has a statutory duty to maintain roads in a safe condition. Residents' rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights — the right to peaceful enjoyment of their homes — are being compromised every single day. GCC is not just failing a community. It is failing in its legal obligations.

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We are calling on Glasgow City Council to act — now.

We the undersigned demand:

Full resurfacing of Hamilton Road from Mount Vernon Rail Station to Blackbear Roundabout — not patching. A structural survey of the sub-base and a complete, lasting repair.

Vibration monitoring to formally document and evidence the structural damage being caused to residential properties.

Updated air quality and dust monitoring — the last survey was in 2015. Residents deserve current data.

Flashing speed signs at two key points: approaching from Blackbear heading west , and after the Dogs Trust heading East.

A monthly deep-clean (including jet washing) schedule for pavements, cycle lanes and bollards — at reasonable hours, not 8am Sundays or 11pm at night.

A no-right-turn restriction for HGVs exiting the Patersons of Greenoakhill facility onto Hamilton Road.

A new pedestrian crossing between the Dogs Trust and Mailcoach pub — this stretch is currently dangerous to cross.

Meaningful commitment to reducing HGV volumes on Hamilton Road — including reopening the case for an M74 off-ramp, and a formal review of the road's classification.

The question is no longer whether action is needed. The question is whether Glasgow City Council have the will to deliver it.

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