Design unveiled for urban sports park under M74 motorway

Designs for the Devon Street Urban Park

Designs have been revealed for an urban sports park under the M74 motorway in Glasgow.

The Devon Street Urban Park will be a hub for skateboarding, BMX riding and free-running below the M74 flyover at Eglinton Street, south of the city centre.

Plans for the 8,000 sqm park were first put forward in 2014 by the charity Glasgow Urban Sports (GUS).

The project has been granted £1.2m from the Susan Marcus Collins Foundation, a US charity for youth sport facilities worldwide.

GUS hopes the project will attract investment to match the £1.2m US funding through a public consultation.

The park would be situated under the M74 motorway flyover

Devon Street Urban Park will be a hub for skateboarding, BMX riding and free-running

Artists and skateboarders Toby Paterson and Raydale Dower led on designs of the park to use the motorway canopy to protect skaters from the weather.

The pair teamed up with ramp builder and BMX rider John Bailey, who also designed Glasgow's Loading Bay indoor skatepark.

GUS said the project would transform an underutilised "lost space" into a new type of public park and urban space for all.”

It said in a statement: "It is a creative re-imagining of the concept of public space.

“These designs push the concept forward at a scale not realised before in the UK with the inclusion of public art, active green space and urban sports landscape.

“This project, led by Glasgow’s skateboarders and BMX riders, will create a new thriving, accessible and active cultural landmark on the south side of Glasgow.”