EXCLUSIVE: Byres Road café owner slams cycle lane scheme - "They’ve screwed everything up"

Business leader criticises planners for disregarding locals and calls for council to reverse controversial road changes

EXCLUSIVE by Gary Fanning

A long-established Glasgow café owner has launched a scathing attack on recent changes to Byres Road, accusing planners of ignoring the needs of local businesses and residents.

Americo Verrecchia, pictured above left, whose family has run the University Café for four generations since it first opened in 1918, says recent redesigns of the popular West End thoroughfare have done more harm than good.

“They’ve never worked, stayed or lived here,” he said, referring to those behind the project. “They draw little pictures and think it looks pretty.

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