The announcement is part of the council’s plans to meet Glasgow’s sustainable travel goals.
Currently, Glasgow City Council have completed several projects that make the city’s travel greener. Some of the schemes include South City Way – a major new cycling link between Queens Park and the centre of Glasgow – and a leg of the Connecting Battlefield project – linking South City Way and New Victoria Hospital.
Meanwhile, a vast number of schemes are underway or due to break ground imminently. These are comprised of Byres Road, situated between Partick Cross and University Avenue and St George’s Road active travel corridor.
Blackhill and Provanhill developments, which form a vital part of the transport provision with the wider Flourishing Molendinar masterplan, will commence later this year.
Commenting on the news, Cllr Angus Millar, City Convener for Transport, said: ‘This year will see further progress towards Glasgow’s sustainable travel goals with construction either imminent or underway on projects including the first phase of Connecting Yorkhill and Kelvingrove, the second leg of Byres Road redevelopment, North Hanover and Kyle Street Avenues and several Sustrans – backed Avenues Plus schemes which will deliver high-quality walking and cycling links on the fringes of the city centre.
‘All of these projects, which will either start or be completed this year, will help to ensure that more and more places in our city are accessible by safer, segregated infrastructure, supporting our aim that active and sustainable travel options are an attractive, viable choice for everyday journeys.
‘A huge amount of design work will also be progressed this year, and it is hoped that many of these pipeline projects can move to the construction phase in the near future.’
This article was originally published on our sister titles site Environment Journal.
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