Glasgow City Region City Deal - let's get active travel in there

Below is the text about City Deal proposals in the Renfrew/Paisley/Yoker areas that might encourage you to attend the public meetings AND to make constructive proposals to advancecycling and walking. The cycling infrastructure on the north bank of the Clyde will not behugely affected, but, there is a downstream river crossing, which makes accessingpaths on both sides much easier.On the Paisley/Renfrew side, there will be substantial road improvements whichwill potentially benefit cyclists and walkers and, if it creates more jobs, then there is scope forwalking, cycling and bussing across the river from the Glasgow side. Clydebankand Yoker both suffer from high unemployment and this could be a wee stimulusfor the people in these areas.There will be potential traffic congestion issues in Yoker.In addition to the Bridge and roads leading to the Airport, an aspect of the plan isabout creating much better public access to the White Cart - for a couple ofhundred years the river has been almost completely barred to the people of bothtowns. This should lead to improvements in the ambience of both towns and createSomething of a public realm/greenspace.