A North Glasgow area has been spruced up to encourage active travel.
The Canal and North Gateway project, by Glasgow City Council, aims to regenerate and reconnect the area with local residential communities and local hubs.
Garscube Road at Cowcaddens was connected with the canal towpath at Speirs Wharf and Port Dundas, to offer a more viable environment for walking, wheeling, and cycling.
An upgraded pedestrian route linking the city centre with Speirs Wharf and a redesign of North Canal Bank Street have also been completed.
The latter has undergone a comprehensive redesign that now provides safer, segregated walking and cycling space that encourages active travel for everyday journeys.
The canal edge has also been transformed, with new surfaces, the installation of attractive new seating and urban tree planting to green this much improved public space.
Adjacent to North Canal Bank Street, work is also ongoing to create Sighthill Link – a Scottish Canals-led initiative to transform the existing towpath and surrounding environment, reconnecting Pinkston Basin with a new neighbourhood at Sighthill.
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Councillor Susan Aitken, Chair of Glasgow City Region Cabinet and Leader of Glasgow City Council said: “Alongside our partners, we are helping to promote sustainable economic growth in this part of the city through the regeneration of the Canal and North Gateway area as a vibrant new neighbourhood focused around the Canal Quarter.
“The delivery of much improved public realm and active travel routes around the canal-side itself and the creation of strategic walking, wheeling and cycling routes that directly link to the city centre, significantly increase the attractiveness of the area, help knit together its emerging new neighbourhoods and improve its overall connectivity.”
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Michael Melton, Grant Manager at Places for Everyone at Sustrans Scotland, said: “We are excited to see the improvements to the Landscape Link, and the completion of North Canal Bank Street active travel route as part of the Glasgow City Deal project, supported by funding from our Places for Everyone programme.
"These upgrades will make it easier for everyone living and working in this area of Glasgow to walk safely, wheel and cycle, as well as connecting local communities to the canal and city centre.
"We hope this will enable more people to choose active travel as part of their everyday journeys.”
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