Plans to redevelop a listed Springburn mansion are set to get a £400,000 boost and public toilets in four Glasgow parks could be improved, as a £2.2m fund is shared out.

Glasgow City Council has been awarded the money by the Scottish Government and councillors will be asked to grant it to several community projects on Thursday.

They include Fossil Grove, a group of plant fossils in Victoria Park, which is expected to receive up to £450,000 to help the “under threat” site of specific scientific interest. Funding would go to the Fossil Grove Trust to help deal with “water ingress, condensation and salt deposition”. 

A report to councillors stated the trust is working with council officials to “fulfil their ambition to conserve the fossils in the long-term and make them available more frequently for exhibition to the public”.

The B-listed Mosesfield House, in Springburn Park, could get £400,000 to protect the building which is “under constant threat of vandalism”. Officials are working with housing association NG Homes to identify “possible community uses” for the property.

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Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre, which is being restored and redeveloped, is expected to receive £382,000 to cover increased construction costs, while £250,000 could go towards improved public toilet provision.

It is understood the investment would see a new toilet in Tollcross Winter Gardens, while facilities would be improved in the Botanic Gardens, Bellahouston Park and Glasgow Green.

Plans to rebalance streets to “give greater priority to people making everyday journeys through walking, wheeling and cycling” could be boosted by a £150,000 grant for design work.

Technical designs would be developed for the Cathcart Road junction with Aikenhead Road to “improve accessibility from Govanhill to Crown Street Retail Park” and for junction improvements in Shawlands and Strathbungo to provide “safer routes to school”.

The funding would also be used for work at Letherby Triangle, Mount Florida, and at Maxwelton Road to Provan Road to improve walking and cycling routes between Blackhill and Riddrie.

Almost £500,000 is expected to be used on a Glasgow Food System Development Fund, where third sector groups will be able to request grants, up to £50,000, for projects, with a focus on growing food, distribution and disposing of waste.

 

The Scottish Government’s Place Fund is allocated to councils for use in partnership with communities, businesses and the third sector.

Cllr Ruairi Kelly, city convener for neighbourhood services and assets, said the money will “benefit our people and neighbourhoods”.

He added: “From supporting the redevelopment of some of our best-loved public spaces and buildings and helping families, to attracting investment to the areas in our city needing it most and making it easier to get around local areas, this funding will certainly improve the city’s places.”