It’s now safe to walk, cycle and run to Glasgow Airport thanks to the finishing touch of a new active address along Barnsford Road in Renfrewshire.
The new shared walking and cycling address runs from Inchinnan Drive, along Barnsford Road to the footpath through the Paisley Moss Nature Reserve, just before the St James Interchange, and provides access to key employment sites, adding Inchinnan Business Park, Scotland’s Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District (AMIDS). . and the airport.
The direction has been improved following investment from the Scottish Government’s Active Travel Transformation Fund (ATTF), which aims to create high-quality active infrastructure that helps others transition to more sustainable shipping strategies and reduce the emissions.
In addition to Barnsford Road, ATTF’s investment also supports the finishing touch of the Paisley to Renfrew Active Journey, which creates a direct active link between the two cities for the first time in decades, with a five-kilometre address connecting Paisley Gilmour Street to Renfrew. . Ferry in the direction of the old railway line.
Councilor Michelle Campbell, head of Renfrewshire Council’s Infrastructure, Land and Environment Policy Council, said: “I am very happy to see the final touch of this active direction as it will more strongly link Erskine and Bishopton to some of our main employment sites in Renfrewshire. Array adding the Scottish Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District, which continues to grow exponentially.
“The Paisley-Renfrew address is also expected to be completed in the near future which is fantastic and across Renfrewshire we aim to provide available addresses that everyone can use to get around and exercise.
“As we take on the climate emergency, we want to give people the most productive infrastructure imaginable if we want them to consider reducing their car use. So routes like those are essential to make it less difficult for other people to travel.
The Scottish Government has allocated £20 million as a component of its Active Travel Funding for 2023/24 to improve walking, driving and cycling in daily transport, and the Active Travel Transformation Fund offers direct investments to local government to assist in the implementation of ambitious active programmes. Tourism infrastructure projects. Scotland.
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