Glasgow is set to benefit from £9.3m to support new active travel infrastructure in the city, improve public spaces and ‘develop the next wave' of active travel routes.

Transport Scotland's Active Travel Infrastructure Fund (ATIF) is providing the majority of the investment, with £3.7m of the cash coming from its Tier 2 fund and the remaining £5.4m coming from the Tier 1 fund, but a Local Authority Direct Award (LADA) of just over £225,000 is also included.

Of the Tier 2 cash, £2.8m will be used to support the construction of three ‘major' active travel routes – Connecting Battlefield Phase 2, Connecting Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Phases 2 and 3, and East City Way Phase 5 – with work on these three schemes expected to be started between November 2026 and February 2027.

And £920,000 will be used to support design work on Anderston Plaza, Connecting Glasgow Inner North and Inner South, Connecting Greater Govan Phase 1, and Connecting Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Phase 4.

Meanwhile, the £5.4m from ATIF Tier 1 has been earmarked to support ‘a range of public realm and accessibility improvements', including pedestrian upgrades on Dumbarton Road at Thornwood Roundabout and design work on Phase 2 of the People First Zone in the Merchant City, as well as safer crossings, wider pavements, school cycle shelters and other neighbourhood measures aimed at making active travel ‘safer, easier and more accessible'.

Tier 1 funding will also support design work on future phases of East City Way, Connecting Greater Govan and Flourishing Molendinar - helping move these major projects closer to delivery.

The LADA support will be directed towards programmes that help encourage people to choose active and sustainable travel for more everyday journeys. Included in this are the council's Staff Travel Plan, road safety education in schools, cycling and walking route mapping, winter gritting of cycle routes, and projects delivered with community partners and major employers across the city.

Cllr Angus Millar, city convener for transport and climate, said: ‘Glasgow has an impressive record of delivering active travel infrastructure in recent years - and we are seeing the results, with more and more Glaswegians choosing the bike for everyday journeys as we build out our safe, protected network.

‘This funding will help us deliver further major improvements on the ground while preparing the next wave of active travel projects across Glasgow.

‘We're already seeing growing demand for active travel, with cycling trips in Glasgow increasing significantly in recent years. This investment will help us build on that momentum, deliver improvements now and maintain a strong pipeline of future projects.'

Cabinet secretary for economy, tourism and transport, Stephen Flynn, added: ‘The data is showing that where high-quality active travel infrastructure is constructed, we see big increases in people choosing to walk, wheel and cycle as a result. This means more people saving money, improving their health and reducing transport emissions.'