A new cycle path is to be built linking Dundashill to Cowlairs with work to begin in early 2025.

The walking and cycle route will be installed between Borron Street and Keppochhill Road next to Graham’s Dairy site.

A council official said: “That will eventually open up a new route from Sighthill Bridge up to Cowlairs directly and then on to Saracen Street.”

It is part of ongoing regeneration work as part of the Glasgow Strategic Development Framework.

There are also plans to spruce up the space beneath the “unattractive” Dobbies Loan underpass leading to North Canal Bank Street. Design work is due to kick off this winter.

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Speaking at yesterday’s economy, housing, transport and regeneration city policy committee, the official said: “When you walk underneath Dobbie’s Loan you are faced with scrubland and it is not immediately apparent that you can walk underneath to get to somewhere.

“A lot of this project would be about opening that up and making it quite an attractive journey going through.”

He added that “work will hopefully kick off in the new year to improve the connections underneath the motorway, which is a rather unattractive environment and then up to the Pinkston Basin Area where there are a lot of interesting businesses with a lot of potential.”

He told the committee the active travel route will link onto 100 Acre Hill and onwards to Cowlairs and Saracen Street.

The committee heard other projects helping regenerate North Glasgow include the Saracen Street shop front improvements as well as the completion of the Sighthill Rusty Bridge connecting the north to the city centre. 

The officer also hailed the Stockingfield Bridge as a “very successful”  route as well as a visitor attraction.

Housing developments in Dundashill were also highlighted.

A council paper presented to the committee said: “The North Glasgow SDF aims to coordinate investment and action to significantly improve the urban form and economic vitality of the north of the city over the long term, to achieve a vision for North Glasgow to become a healthy, high quality and sustainable place in which to live, work and visit.”