None of the residents of New Lanark own any land outside their dwellings. All the land in the village [apart from the public road] is owned and managed by the Trust. This website wants to ensure that, in future, the land in the residential areas gets the same level of attention as the land around the mills.
Rosedale Street
The road surface is in a very poor condition and has been so for several
decades. The condition affects the value of the Rosedale Street houses
and makes them difficult to sell. It may be reducing the value of each Long Row and Double Row house by as much as £20,000. There are also issues with noise, dirt
and damage to vehicles.
The NLVG AGM was given information on the Trust's plans for the next few years. It was clear that the surfacing of Rosedale Street is a low priority item. It is unlikely that the work will begin this year and may be delayed beyond 2020. The Trust was unable to make any commitment on the standard of the work that would be undertaken.
We believe that Rosedale Street must be surfaced to the same standard as the public road into the village and not just consist of another dump of chippings.
Update
At its May 2019 meeting Scott McCauley, the Trust's Chief Executive, promised the NLVG that the surfacing of Rosedale Street would be completed by the end of this year and that the surfacing would be to the same standard as the public road into the village. It is not yet clear if the work would be done by the Trust or following the council's adoption of the road.
The first step will be to complete the utilities connections to all the Double Row houses.
