An event on South Portland Street this Thursday (26 May) will offer local people, businesses and organisations the chance to find out more about the forthcoming Avenues Plus project, which will connect Glasgow city centre and communities on its fringes. Avenues Plus is a £21.4 million Sustrans-funded project under the […]
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The funding package for the redevelopment of Water Row – on the banks of the Clyde in Central Govan – has been completed with the addition of just over £1.6 million in grant support from the Glasgow City Region City Deal after a Glasgow City Council committee gave its approval […]
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 […]
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 […]
With COP26 just a few weeks away, I wanted to update you on activities underway or in planning across the Region to support the climate change agenda. Apologies in advance for the length of this month’s blog. But it is representative of the volume of work that is going on. […]
Proposals underway for an ambitious Housing Energy Retrofit programme, part of Glasgow City Region’s response to Covid-19, could create thousands of new local jobs, improve the quality of housing, reduce fuel poverty and deliver on Scotland and the UK’s commitment to net zero carbon emissions. At today’s Glasgow City Region […]
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, […]
Glasgow launches £30bn ‘Greenprint for Investment,’ a portfolio of transformative climate investment projects to boost 2030 Net-Zero goal. City unveils ‘Greenprint for Investment’ prospectus spanning £30bn of investments and place-based development opportunities as it invites international investment in the run up to COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference. Mix of […]