Work on a City Network of active travel routes is currently underway in Glasgow, with several phases of construction now complete as the city aims to add 270km of safe, segregated cycle ways to existing routes.
The city is delivering a significant number of projects that encourage active travel and prioritise travelling sustainably, according to a report presented to the council’s Environment and Liveable Neighbourhoods Committee.
The final phase of the South City Way which links Queens Park with the city centre, was completed last year, whilst the first leg of Connecting Battlefield which will connect with the South City Way and the New Victoria Hospital is also now complete, having introduced fully segregated cycle lanes as well as widened footways and improved street lighting.
The City Deal backed infrastructure programme for Byres Road, which runs between Partick Cross and University Avenue, has in its first phase of work delivered upgraded and more accessible footways as well as protected cycling infrastructure, with remaining works due for completion this Spring.
The latest phase of Connecting Woodside to improve active travel provision at Charing Cross is now complete, while work to construct the remainder of the St George’s Road active travel corridor is due to start soon.
The North-East Active Travel Route (pictured), which incorporates cycleways, bus infrastructure upgrades and improvements to footways in Barmulloch and Balornock, is now substantially finished, with remaining first phase work to be completed later this year. Meantime, work to create new infrastructure in the Blackhill and Provanhill areas of the city as part of the Flourishing Molendinar project is due to break ground later this year.
In the city centre, the City Deal funded Holland Street Avenue is nearing completion – with work to upgrade traffic signal equipment expected to be completed early this year. The Cambridge Street Avenue is now substantially complete, with segregated cycling infrastructure now in place and final works to be finished in the Spring. Construction of the Argyle Street West Avenue between the Kingston Bridge and Union Street which will deliver segregated cycling infrastructure, upgraded footways and raingardens, is also well underway and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Work is also anticipated to start next month to deliver the redesigned George V Bridge and its north and south junctions. This key redevelopment will see new pedestrian crossings and segregated cycle facilities, with the Broomielaw junction upgraded to a full cycle-friendly junction with separate timing for cycle uses.
This year will also see construction starting on the first phase of Connecting Yorkhill and Kelvingrove, as well as the second stage of Byres Road redevelopment. Additionally, several Avenues and Avenues Plus schemes have either begun construction this year or are due to start soon.
