Ten years after the Glasgow City Deal was approved, leaders have highlighted the work and benefits of the billion-pound injection.

Bridges, housing and transport projects as well as programmes to bring in commercial investment are among the work undertaken since the deal was signed in 2014.

All the City Deal infrastructure projects are now underway with 45 sub-projects completed.

The work includes the Sighthill bridge over the M8, the recently opened Govan to Partick bridge and work to help regenerate Tradeston to facilitate the Barclays investment.

The new Yoker to Renfrew Bridge to be opened later this year is also one of the big infrastructure projects delivered as a result of the cash.

Signed in 2014, Glasgow’s Deal provides £500 million each from the UK and Scottish governments for a range of infrastructure, employability and innovation projects with the eight local councils contributing a further £130 million.

Employability programmes funded through the deal are estimated to have supported almost 14,000 people into work.

Other projects include the Tontine business accelerator to promote new small and mediun sized business start-ups, the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Imaging Centre of Excellence, housing the first 7T MRI imagine system in a clinical setting and the Smart Canal project in the north of Glasgow, a new surface water drainage system, helping to unlock 110 hectares for new housing and commercial development.

Council leaders met at the site of the new Yoker to Renfrew Bridge to highlight the anniversary and the progress of City Region Deal programmes.

Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council and Chair of the Glasgow City Region Cabinet which oversees the Deal said: “The City Deal has been a catalyst for transformation across the Glasgow City Region in the past decade.

“Major infrastructure projects have not only built new homes, improved connectivity and transformed public realm, but have also created and sustained thousands of jobs and supported local businesses, while dynamic new sectors of our economy have been nurtured and grown. The City Deal continues to deliver for our citizens and communities.”

The City Deal is also freeing up land in key locations for housing and commercial development across the region including at Barrhead, Bishopbriggs, Inverkip, Ravenscraig, Bowling and at various sites in South Lanarkshire.

Tom Arthur, Scottish Government Investment Minister, said: “The Glasgow City Region Deal has been instrumental to unlocking millions of pounds worth of investment in Greater Glasgow.

“This has delivered new jobs, businesses and transport projects to build prosperity across the region. We are working closely with partners to maximise the benefits of regional working.

“I look forward to seeing the Deal progress with the completion of projects such as the Renfrew-Yoker Bridge which is due to open later this year.”

Ian Murray, Secretary of State for Scotland, said: “The way has been paved for new housing and commercial developments, investment in technology has resulted in state-of-the-art medical research facilities, and improved connectivity is removing barriers to work.”

The eight councils in the Glasgow City Region City Deal are East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire.