This area has fantastic assets, such as the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, Glasgow University, Pacific Quay and the West End, but has suffered from industrial decline, and would benefit from better travel connections. The key objectives of this £113.9 million City Deal project are the unlocking of development potential of vacant and derelict sites for employment and housing, with the Barclays campus at Tradeston a key example of this; to enhance clustering and stimulate growth in the Life Science and Higher Education sectors and maximise the benefits of existing high-value industries; and spread the benefits of City Deal investment to tackle multiple deprivation, particularly in Govan.
The project will deliver a new bridge connecting Govan and Partick; a new pedestrian cycle route between the new hospital and the city centre; a new South Bank pedestrian route between Cessnock Underground and Pacific Quay; a new North Bank cycle and pedestrian route connecting Glasgow University and the West End with Govan, Glasgow Harbour, the SECC, the Govan-Partick Bridge and the city centre; improve quay walls along this stretch of the river, including the delivery of a re-aligned quay wall at Custom House Quay that will transform the public realm and allow a mixed-use development of flats, hotels, bars and restaurants with public access to the waterfront in what will become a visitor destination; and public realm improvements at Govan Cross (some of which is already complete), Byres Road, Church Street, Tradeston and University Avenue