The sustained effort by multi-agency partnerships has created the flagship Crown Street Regeneration Project in the Gorbals and its success is set to stimulate further high quality new housing areas in Queen Elizabeth Square and Oatlands. The Gorbals Leisure Centre, a major new indoor sports venue, is a key recreational asset for the River corridor and the City as a whole. Major improvements planned for Richmond Park will enhance recreation provision in Oatlands and will complement leisure developments at Glasgow Green and Fleshers’ Haugh and expand the Green Network based on the River corridor.

Regeneration in the Inner East End has been a gradual process, reflecting the area’s mixed residential/industrial character and the complexity of land assembly, ground condition and infrastructural problems. Innovative new housing developments have taken place at Homes for the Future on Glasgow Green, St. Andrew’s Square and the Saltmarket. Multi-million pound Lottery-funded improvements to recreation facilities in Glasgow Green, and the Fleshers’ Haugh Football Development Centre, have establish City-wide attractions in the Inner East End, and enhanced the links between adjacent housing neighbourhoods and the Clyde Walkway/Glasgow-Edinburgh Cycle Route. Regeneration plans for Dalmarnock and the Belvidere Hospital site will further enhance recreation provision in these areas and increase the attractiveness of the River corridor.

The M74 Completion will improve transport accessibility between Glasgow and the rest of the Conurbation and will bring economic and other benefits to the River corridor. The East End Regeneration Route will also have major economic benefits, increasing the pace of physical regeneration and improving transport links between East End communities and the rest of the City.