Glasgow’s Argyle Street may soon have a new look as the council plans to revamp the street and put a road through pedestrian area

Glasgow City Council have revealed new plans for the city.

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00:00The east side of the city centre may look quite different in the coming years as Glasgow City

00:04Council have revealed new plans to revamp a stretch from Glasgow Cross to Central Station.

00:09The Argyll Street East Avenue project aims to widen pavements, develop new green areas

00:14and create a new west to east bus route. This involves building a road through the

00:19pedestrianised area of Argyll Street, meaning buses will be able to drive past M&S and Primark.

00:26The council said this will create shorter journey times, reduce traffic and improve

00:31public transport connections. They've created proposals for the development and engagement

00:36with the local community as planned in the coming weeks. Currently on Argyll Street there's a road

00:42that curves around in the centre just where JD is and goes through Queen Street and what will happen

00:49under these new plans. This pedestrianised area over here will be made into a single road so buses

01:00will be able to go down on a one-way system. The intention is to reduce traffic on Ingram Street

01:07as opposed to pedestrianise the other areas and kind of I suppose balance it out. In the plans it looks

01:15like this area here will now be a road while this will remain the same. It's all part of the wider

01:23avenues scheme underway across the city which is being funded by the Scottish and UK governments.

01:29They're looking to make the streets more attractive and create an international look for investors,

01:33visitors and Glaswegians, saying this is key to Glasgow's long-term economic recovery.

01:39If plans go ahead, work is expected to start in 2026.