Communities in north and south Glasgow are being invited to help shape proposals that would complete missing links in the walking, wheeling and cycling network.

The consultations cover five corridors: Maryhill Road, Bilsland Drive and North Canal Bank Street in the north, and Shields Road and Maxwell Road in the south. Together, the routes would tie into existing and planned links to create a more coherent city-wide network.

Alongside new and upgraded active travel infrastructure, the plans include improved pedestrian crossings, more accessible footways, enhanced public spaces, new planting, sustainable drainage, seating and other features to deliver safer, more attractive streets.

The five routes sit within Connecting Glasgow, the council's streamlined active travel delivery programme designed to accelerate implementation, close network gaps and make best use of external funding. Feedback from the consultations will refine designs and help position the schemes to secure future construction funding.

In the north, the proposed Maryhill Road link would connect Connecting Woodside's Garscube Road to Bilsland Drive, where existing cycle lanes would be upgraded to fully protected segregation. The enhanced corridor would continue east towards Balmore Road, with future connections planned on Hawthorn Street. Proposals for North Canal Bank Street would bridge the gap between Borron Street and Pinkston Road, strengthening links to the canal and Sighthill.

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In the south, new infrastructure on Maxwell Road would connect the South City Way at Pollokshaws Road to a new route on Shields Road, which would then link into the South West City Way. Onward connections would be supported by the near-complete Dumbreck Road active travel route, with future plans to extend links north from Pollok Country Park.

Cllr Angus Millar, City Convener for Transport and Climate, said: "These proposals are about filling in the key gaps of Glasgow's active travel network so that more people can make everyday journeys safely and confidently by walking, wheeling and cycling.

"The routes in the north and south have real potential to join up communities with schools, local centres, public transport and existing active travel routes, while also creating better streets and public spaces along the way.

"We now want people who live, work, travel through or visit these areas to look at the plans and tell us what they think. Local feedback will be crucial in shaping designs that work for communities and help us move these projects closer to delivery."

Consultation on both sets of routes runs for six weeks until Sunday 15 November 2026, with online surveys open throughout. Public drop-in events will take place in October: North (Maryhill Road, Bilsland Drive and North Canal Bank Street) on Tuesday 20 October, 3.30pm–7.30pm, at Mackintosh Queen's Cross Church, 870 Garscube Road, G20 7EL; and South (Shields Road and Maxwell Road) on Wednesday 28 October, 3.30pm–7.30pm, at St Ninian's Church Hall, 1 Albert Drive, G41 2PE.

Paper copies of the surveys are available at Maryhill Library, Pollokshields Library and Exchange House on George Street.

Further details on the proposed routes, including visualisations and flythroughs, as well as links to the consultation surveys, are available on the project webpages for the north and south.

As part of Glasgow's long-term ambition to create a 270 km active travel network, Connecting Glasgow will prioritise delivery of 54 km of strategic routes by 2032. This includes a 23 km inner orbital and 31 km of new 'spoke' routes linking communities with key destinations, helping to close gaps, improve access to schools and local centres, and create safer, greener streets city-wide.