Glasgow needs more money maintain cycle routes across the city

Councillors highlighted that while there was Scottish Government funding to create new cycle lanes, there was no funding to carry out maintenance.

Glasgow councillors will continue to ask the Scottish Government and COSLA for more money to help maintain roads, footways and cycle lanes in the city.

During Thursday’s full council meeting, Labour councillor Robert Mooney advised members that at a meeting on active travel, he was informed that £42 million had been put forward by the Scottish Government to build the cycle lanes but there was no extra money for maintaining them.Councillor Mooney said: “As you are well aware, roads and cycle lanes are completely different.

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