On Wednesday 13th August the Scottish Government announced that Glasgow City Council was one of seven local authorities that had been successful in bidding to be part of the Sustainable Travel Demonstration Communities project “Smarter Choices, Smarter Places”

This means that £2.5 million will be spent helping to improve the health of residents of as well as making sustainable travel more affordable. The funding will also help Glasgow work towards the Scottish Governments target of cutting Scotland’s CO2 emissions by 80% by 2050

For more information on the plans for the money, please see the PDF downloads of the bid documents

Bridgeton Cross is just one of the areas that will see major improvements to the walking and cycling environment

Downloads

East End Accessibility Stage 2 Bid MAIN DOCUMENT (PDF 429k)
Appendix 1 - Letters of Support (PDF 1287k)
Appendix 2 - Corridor 1 (PDF 156k)
Appendix 2 - Corridor 2 (PDF 252k)
Appendix 2 - Corridor 3 (PDF 707k)
Appendix 3 - Funding Breakdown (PDF 12k)
Sustainable Travel Communities - Final 11 Govt Press Release (MS Word Doc 255k)



Useful Links

Scottish Government webpage: Smarter Choices, Smarter Places