Drone footage captures latest progress on Renfew Bridge on River Clyde

Drone footage has shown the latest progress on the first road bridge across the River Clyde.

The Renfrew Bridge, which is due to open later this year, is nearing completion after the final section of the 184-metre bridge arrived in May and was installed at Dock Street in Clydebank.

Once completed, the bridge will connect Renfrew with Clydebank and Yoker directly for the first time and will open up work, health, education, and leisure opportunities for communities on both sides of the river.

The £117m Clyde Waterfront and Renfrew Riverside project will also create additional connecting roads, cycling, and walking routes that provide active travel and road links from Yoker Railway Station to Inchinnan Road in Renfrew and on to the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS).

Renfrew Bridge drone footage Glasgow City Council

On Friday, the UK and Scottish governments joined local leaders to mark ten years of the Glasgow City Region City Deal and reflect on what has been achieved through the £1.13 billion of funding that allowed the bridge to be built.

One of the largest and most advanced in the UK, Glasgow’s deal has delivered a range of high-profile projects, such as Greenock Ocean Terminal, the bridge over the M8 at Sighthill, and the Govan to Partick Bridge.

Signed in 2014, Glasgow’s Deal provides £500m each from the UK and Scottish governments for a range of infrastructure, employability and innovation projects, with the eight local councils contributing a further £130m

Susan Aitken, leader of Glasgow City Council and chair of the Glasgow City Region Cabinet, which oversees the deal said: “The City Deal has been a catalyst for transformation across the Glasgow City Region in the past decade. Major infrastructure projects have not only built new homes, improved connectivity and transformed public realm, but have also created and sustained thousands of jobs and supported local businesses; while dynamic new sectors of our economy have been nurtured and grown.

“The City Deal continues to deliver for our citizens and communities.”

Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray said: “Economic growth is one of the key missions of the UK Government and the thriving projects in Glasgow City Region are helping to achieve that.

“The way has been paved for new housing and commercial developments, investment in technology has resulted in state-of-the-art medical research facilities, and improved connectivity is removing barriers to work.

“It’s encouraging to see the amount of private investment generated that will continue to benefit the people of the wider Glasgow area and beyond.”