The latest contract pipeline for the £1 billion City Deal infrastructure programme includes more than £290 million of upcoming contract opportunities. The document, which features tier one contracts from across the Region’s eight partner councils, lists 35 City Deal infrastructure contracts coming up in the next five years. Councillor Susan…
People are being invited to help shape plans to boost business in Bishopbriggs. Views are sought on a potential Business Incubation Centre in the town – part of the Council’s £34.88 million City Deal Place and Growth Programme for the area. The aim is to examine options to provide affordable,…
A four-week public engagement process on the future design of George Square – Glasgow’s principal civic, ceremonial and cultural space – and the surrounding Avenues begins today, 11 February. The online engagement will consider the design of Block C of Glasgow City Council’s ambitious Avenues Programme – funded by the…
Options that seek to make transport in Scotland more sustainable and support people to make better, more informed choices on how they travel have been set out in the Scottish Government’s blueprint for future transport investment, with mass transit plans for the Glasgow City Region badged as Clyde Metro, one…
Work on a new transport interchange at Motherwell railway station will start early next year. Approval has been given by Glasgow City Region City Deal for the £2 million project, and North Lanarkshire Council has appointed Balfour Beatty Ltd to carry out the work. The project on Muir Street will…
A forthcoming project that will better manage flood risk and improve greenspace in Cardonald has recently won the esteemed Building with Nature National Award at the Landscape Institute Awards 2021. The joint project between Southside Housing Association and Glasgow City Council through the City Deal backed Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage…
A Glasgow City Council committee today (25 November) awarded the contract for the Govan – Partick Bridge project to Farrans (Construction) Limited. This a Glasgow City Region City Deal project, with funding from the Scottish and UK Governments. The £29.5million project includes the construction of a new pedestrian/cycle bridge over…
A community in Cardonald gathered together recently to celebrate the official opening of Halfway Community Park at Moss Heights Avenue. Led by Southside Housing Association with support from a wide range of funders including Glasgow City Deal through the Metropolitan Glasgow Strategic Drainage Partnership (MGSDP) – the £2.2m project to…
Glasgow’s Smart Canal – a pioneering digital surface water drainage system that works to mitigate flood risk and unlock development potential in the north of the city, has completed a hat trick of award wins, most recently scooping the Greatest Contribution to Scotland accolade at the Scottish Civil Engineering Awards,…
