Infrastructure

Regional Projects include:

Clyde Metro (Case for Investment)

The Clyde Metro project aims to provide transformational change for Glasgow City Region – connecting more people with opportunity, welcoming visitors and investors, reducing carbon emissions, and providing the platform for Glasgow City Region to fulfil its potential as the ‘economic powerhouse for Scotland’.

In November 2023, SPT were confirmed as the lead organisation to develop a Case for Investment (CFI) for Clyde Metro – working in partnership with all eight local authorities of the Glasgow City Region, and with Transport Scotland in a project assurance role. The CFI will set out Clyde Metro’s Programme Level Business Case and arrangements for initial delivery phases.

Once the CFI is complete – anticipated by early 2027, the project can then be taken forwards to future stages. Tasks would include detailed appraisal, engineering design, making the financial case for funding and ultimately the delivery of future lines or routes.

For further information about the development of Clyde Metro and all the latest news, visit SPT’s dedicated microsite.

Enabling Commercial Space (ECS)

The Enabling Commercial Space project was approved by the Glasgow City Region Cabinet in February 2025 as a new City Deal project which will provide funding to all eight of the Region’s councils to refurbish existing or create new commercial or industrial premises.

The project has been designed to tackle a key problem identified within the Region’s Economic Strategy around a lack of available modern, high-quality commercial and industrial premises. It will open up areas of industrial land capable of immediate development, attract private sector investment, create more flexible business space for a broad range of sectors, bringing sites on the Vacant and Derelict Land Register back into use and importantly create sustainable, high-quality business locations to support SMEs, supply chain businesses and start-ups.

The project includes three main types of interventions: enabling activity (investment in infrastructure that facilitates private sector development); refurbishment of existing buildings; and new build construction.