Glasgow's local town centres and the city centre waterfront are set to benefit from a £2.25 million investment from the Scottish Government's Place Fund. The funding will support construction and revitalisation projects across the city.

The investment will enable the transformation of the Letherby Triangle on the south side into a new public space and will fund improvements to make the Battlefield Rest area safer and more attractive for pedestrians and cyclists.

Over £1 million of the funding will support the council's Liveable Neighbourhoods programme, with £800,000 allocated to the Letherby Triangle and Battlefield Rest projects. A further £200,000 will fund a new entrance and paths in Govan's Festival Park, while £100,000 will be used for public realm improvements in the Shawlands, Strathbungo, and Dennistoun areas.

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Almost £500,000 will go towards revitalising the riverside at Carlton Place and Custom House Quay, including landscaping and improvements to the South Portland Street Suspension Bridge.

Additionally, a £400,000 investment will be used to bring community venues up to a satisfactory standard for community and third-sector organisations to take on long-term leases. A £260,000 allocation will also help deliver new community growing spaces on council-owned land.

Councillor Angus Millar, Convener for Climate, Glasgow Green Deal, Transport and City Centre Recovery at Glasgow City Council, said: "These are really welcome investments which will make a significant contribution to our ongoing work to improve Glasgow's communities. But this will also deliver improvements where ordinary Glaswegians will see and experience the positive changes they bring.

"Projects like the Letherby Triangle and the plans for North Laurieston have the potential to transform neighbourhoods for the better and this £2.2million support takes us a considerable way to achieving that."