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Search the Public Notice PortalA pedestrian bridge will receive new lighting as a result of almost half a million pounds of funding.
The South Portland Street Suspension Bridge, which links Clyde Street and Calton Place across the River Clyde, will undergo a series of improvement works it has been confirmed.
During a presentation at Merchant City and Trongate Community Council (MCTCC) on Tuesday, January 27, representatives from Glasgow City Council told residents that new lighting will be installed on the bridge as a result of investment from the Scottish Government's Place-Based Investment Programme.
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A total of £482,000 has been set aside for the project.
At the meeting, representatives proposed that lighting could be installed on existing columns with feature lighting added to the sandstone towers.
More extensive works to fix existing lighting on the outside of the bridge are expected to take place when work begins on Custom House Quay due to health and safety issues making the lighting difficult to access.
The lack of lighting on the bridge, known locally as the 'swingy bridge', has been a concern for local residents for some time and has been raised with councillors at previous meetings.
The suspension bridge's two sandstone towers are also set to be restored, with vegetation removed and pointing work carried out.
In addition to work on the bridge, there will some vegetation on Carlton Place will be removed and to take away some "overpowering" trees and open up the space.
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Railings will also be painted.
Cllr Angus Millar, convener for City Centre Recovery at Glasgow City Council, said: "The forthcoming works on and around the South Portland Street Suspension Bridge will bring fabric and environmental improvements to this part of the riverside, complementing not only the ongoing Avenues Plus project at South Portland Street, but also the proposed Glasgow City Region City Deal project at Custom House Quay and Carlton Place and the Masterplan for the North Laurieston area."
A precise timescale for the works is still to be confirmed.
The Glasgow Times previously reported residents living in the Laurieston area said they were scared to walk down Carlton Place at night due to the area being "unlit" and said the bridge is "rife for drug deals".
Speaking at a Laurieston Community Council meeting on Tuesday, October 28, one resident said: "I'm afraid to walk down Carlton Place at night.
"It needs more lighting, and the lights that are there are broken; it's almost pitch black walking down there at night. I won't do it.
"Between there at night and then there's the blatant drug dealing on the swingy bridge [South Portland St Suspension Bridge], you can see them passing the drugs between them."
In July last year, Glasgow City Council submitted plans seeking to upgrade the areas on either side of the River Clyde at Custom House Quay and Carlton Place.
The proposals would see the quay walls upgraded, Carlton Place cleaned up and reopened to the public, a river park, play parks and more.
Sketches of what the area could look like also include green spaces, including a civic and a creative place and new lighting on both sides of the river.
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