THE council has revealed how revenue from Glasgow's Low Emission Zone (LEZ) will be allocated. 

The Glasgow LEZ Resource Allocation report, published by Glasgow City Council, states residual penalty charge income from the 2023/24 financial year will be invested back into the city through a range of environmental projects.

Any income received through enforcement of the LEZ is firstly allocated to the costs of operating the scheme with extra funds given to projects to help achieve the scheme's objectives of improving public health, reducing emissions and improving Glasgow's amenity. 

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The LEZ Annual Performance Report identified net revenue of £747,511 for financial year 2023/24.

A budget of £250,000 will be invested in the Greening the City programme and will allow for more tree planting and greening projects across the city. 

A total of £165,000 of the fund has been allocated for the supply and installations of city centre trees in planters. 

Additionally, the council is looking at working with Trees for Streets, a tree sponsorship scheme from national charity Trees for Cities. 

Greening the City will also see the transformation of bus stop roofs into green roofs/ bee stops and working with partner organisations to introduce living/ green walls and bee stops in the city. 

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A further £250,000 has been allocated to a new LEZ Community Climate Project Support Fund which will support organisations in their own initiatives to improve air quality. 

Grants of between £20,000 and £50,000 per project will be available from the fund and an online application portal is due to go live in November. 

Applications will be assessed on their compliance with eligibility requirements, alignment with LEZ objectives and outcomes, demonstration for need of the project, ability to deliver outputs within the fund's timescale, risk management and value for money. 

Back office and enforcement staff costs were fully funded by a Transport Scotland grant which will not be available in subsequent financial years. 

The remaining £247,511 will be retained for future operational costs with any surplus allocated to city greening.