City Deal

Motherwell transport interchange showing the new glass station front in the background, wide pedestrian footpaths, with trees, outside the station as well as a bus stop.

A new transport hub at Muir Street, Motherwell is open and providing improved facilities for residents, visitors and businesses. It includes a new access road and path between Hamilton Road and the railway station, with a rank for eight taxis, parking for blue badge holders, and drop off spaces. An […]

New Motherwell transport hub delivers benefits for all

Aerial view looking down on an artist's impression of the new civic space, with St Matthew's Church labelled in the top left of the picture, the Church Hall in the top right, the civic space highlighted in yellow in the centre left of the image with a main road cutting from bottom left to the middle right of the image, and Morrisons in the bottom right.

Exciting plans to create a new Civic Space in Bishopbriggs are taking centre stage thanks to an online exhibition. The new focal point is part of the Bishopbriggs Town Centre Regeneration project – a key element of the Council’s £34.88 million Place and Growth Programme, supported by the UK and […]

New Civic Space for Bishopbriggs takes centre stage in exhibition

Artists' impression of the new Avenue on Sauchihall Precinct and Cambridge Street.

The £5.641million contract for the next Avenue in Glasgow city centre to begin – the Sauchiehall Precinct & Cambridge Street Avenue – has been awarded to MacLay (Civil Engineering Limited) at a council committee today. This Avenue will be part of wider network of new, attractive, accessible, safe, sustainable and […]

Contract for Sauchiehall Precinct and Cambridge Street Avenue awarded

Aerial photograph showing Bishopbriggs town centre.

Residents, businesses and groups are being invited to help further guide efforts to revamp public realm areas in Bishopbriggs. A concept plan has been developed for the town centre following engagement/consultation by East Dunbartonshire Council in 2022 and 2021. From Monday 6 February until Tuesday 28 February 2023, you can […]

Consultation on concept plan for Bishopbriggs town centre

Aerial image showing the completed piling at the site of the Govan-Partick bridge.

Piling works on the south side of the Govan – Partick Bridge are now complete, with the Glasgow City Region City Deal project marking another milestone as it progresses on schedule. In total, 95 piles have been completed to create the foundations for the south landing area. Each pile is […]

Landmark for Govan-Partick Bridge as piling on south side complete

A public consultation on the preferred route for East Airdrie Link Road starts today (Monday 28 November). North Lanarkshire Council is inviting residents and businesses to give feedback on the proposed two-way single carriageway road which would run from the M8 at Newhouse to north of Riggend. It would link […]

Next stage consultation on East Airdrie Link Road

Artists' impression of Byers Road public realm works looking from Byers Road on to Chancellor Street, showing additional green space, a new cycle lane and improved pedestrian space.

The Glasgow City Region Cabinet today (8 November) approved public realm work on Byres Road, a major retail and food & drink destination in Glasgow’s West End. The first phase of this work will begin in January 2023. This Glasgow City Region City Deal project aims to rejuvenate the quality […]

Byers Road public realm work to begin in January 2023

This month I wanted to focus on plans for our new Innovation Accelerator and on the many reasons why Glasgow City Region (GCR) has been selected as one of three pilots to share £100 million funding, as part of the UK Government’s Levelling Up plans. Glasgow has a gift for industry […]

Accelerating our Innovation Economy

Landscape Links - a down view of steps that form part of the Landscape Link active travel route.

A City Deal project led by Glasgow City Council that is helping to transform an area of North Glasgow into a vibrant neighbourhood by improving its connectivity with the city centre and adjacent communities has recently delivered public realm improvements and enhanced active travel routes. An upgraded pedestrian route linking […]

Active Travel and Public Realm Improvements Delivered in North Glasgow

The Action Plan for our latest Regional Economic Strategy (RES) was agreed by our eight council leaders at this month’s Cabinet meeting. This sets out the high-level actions which will support the Region’s key economic challenges and ambitions, many of which will be completed by the end of this year. […]