Glasgow City Council – Avenues Programme Progress Report

05 Nov 2025

Glasgow city centre is undergoing its biggest upgrade in half a century. The Avenues project aims to make Glasgow more popular, vibrant and attractive for investment by developing a city centre where more people spend time, trade and live.

This project will transform the city centre with more people-friendly spaces, safer streets for walking, wheeling and cycling, and better public transport links. Sixteen of Glasgow city centre’s streets are being redesigned into Avenues. A full revamp of George Square is included in the Avenues programme.

The Avenues will provide:

• A boost for business: more welcoming public spaces will bring in more visitors, attract developers and investors and improve the city centre economy.
• A better-connected city centre: sustainable transport such as walking, wheeling, cycling and public will have priority on the Avenues. New cycle lanes will connect the heart of Glasgow to the broader cycling network being developed throughout the city. Wider pavements will make the city centre environment safer for walking and wheeling by people with disabilities or children in buggies. Redesigned bus routes will make bus travel to and from the city centre quicker and easier.
• Greening the city: new trees, with root spaces large enough so they will thrive for future decades, will support local wildlife, provide shade in summer and help the city centre cope with the effects of climate change. A mix of trees that includes lime, plane, elm, hornbeam, acer and birch will be used. Rain gardens will also help manage rainwater runoff, further supporting biodiversity.
• Making the city a great place to live: a more welcoming, people friendly city centre will support our plan to grow the city’s population to 40,000 by 2035. The aim is to build new homes and bring in the services people need such as doctors’ surgeries.

The Avenues is just the start of this important journey. Investing in our streets is an important part of Glasgow’s wider regeneration.

CLICK HERE to view the Avenues Programme Progress Report.

Contact the Avenues team at citycentreavenues@glasgow.gov.uk

Further information available at glasgow.gov.uk/avenues