Physical Projects
The level of activity within Clyde Gateway over the next 5 years is going to be on a scale never seen before in Scotland, with more than £1billion of investment guaranteed:-
- a 5-mile extension of the M74 Motorway (already on-site and due for completion late 2011)
- the construction of the East End Regeneration Route, linking the M8 and extended M74 (already on site and with Phases 1 and 2 due for completion by early 2012)
- a new National Indoor Sports Arena and cycling velodrome are being built in advance of Glasgow hosting the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- the Athletes’ Village for the 2014 Games will be also be located within Clyde Gateway – a village that, post-Games, will become a new waterfront housing neighbourhood for the East End of Glasgow.
1) M74 Extension
The five-mile extension of the M74 from Cambuslang to Tradeston in Glasgow is of huge significance to Clyde Gateway. A contract to construct the road, at a cost of £445million, was approved in February 2008. Construction is scheduled to take place between May 2008 until mid-2011.
The M74 project is a partnership project between Transport Scotland, Glasgow City Council, South Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Council.
More details can be found here
2) East End Regeneration Route (EERR)
This will be a new road, at a cost of between £80 and £85million, that will provide a route from the extended M74 through the East End of Glasgow to the M8/M80 junction at Provan Road. The road is being built and funded by Glasgow City Council.
More details can be found here
3) Commonwealth Games 2014
Glasgow has won the right to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
All of the city, the surrounding region and across Scotland stands to benefit from the Games - but none more so than the Clyde Gateway communities.
A new National Indoor Sports Arena and Cycling Velodrome are to be constructed in the Dalmarnock/Parkhead areas. The cost of this project has been estimated at £120 million
Dalmarnock has also been selected as the site for the Athletes Village. Over 1000 new homes will be built on the village site, and once the Games are over, they will be made available for private sale and social housing. The cost of the Athletes Village has been estimated at £245 million.
Read more about the 2014 Commonwealth Games here