Construction firm Lovell has started work on 195 homes at three sites in Port Glasgow, near Greenock, in Inverclyde.

The new housing, worth £22 million, is the first to be built by Lovell under its four-year framework agreement with River Clyde Homes.

Work is scheduled to finish by May 2012.

The homes will be for rent through the housing association and include 32 homes at Moray Road, 61 homes at Oronsay and 102 homes at Woodhall.


Lovell is working closely with the Inverclyde Trust to create employment opportunities for local people and local businesses.

"We are delighted to be working on these new homes, the first to be built through our framework agreement with River Clyde Homes," said Lovell regional director Alan Taylor. "We'll be working closely with the housing association and the local community throughout the construction of the new housing."

Roy Steel, chair of River Clyde Homes, comments: "We are undertaking one of the biggest house-building programmes in Scotland with the aim of bringing quality housing for our tenants which meets their aspirations. Work is under way and it’s exciting to see the development plans come to fruition."

Lovell is one of three contractors chosen to work with River Clyde Homes on its new-build programme.

(GK/BMcC)