PROPOSALS have been unveiled for a £10billion transport plan - with a metro lines extending as far as Clydebank.

The Connectivity Commission, set up by Glasgow's SNP administration in 2017, has made a series of recommendations including a tunnel between Queen Street and Central stations and links to Braehead and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

Report authors said the plans would take 20 years at a cost of £500million a year, but were "ambitious and achievable".

A map of potential routes shows a metro line running along Great Western Road as far as the Great Western Retail Park and Linnvale. It doesn't mention how or if it would link up then to Drumry train station nearby.

Meanwhile, the Glasgow Central would be extended over the Clyde with a new southern entrance to prepare for longer high-speed trains under HS2.

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The same commission last year put forward plans for the city centre with greater priority for pedestrians and public spaces "worthy of a great European city".

This second report considers long-term changes to the area's road and rail network.

It also considers new methods of road charging, replacing fuel duty, to prepare for more electric and self-driving vehicles, reported our sister paper, The Herald.

Transport Secretary Michael Matheson welcomed the proposals, and insisted they would be considered as part of a wider assessment of transport needs.

He said: “Scotland’s transport networks support our economy and day to day activities and it is encouraging to see our largest city giving full consideration to what a future system could offer its citizens.

“The Commission’s report is timely as Transport Scotland takes forward a nationwide assessment of transport requirements with work on an updated National Transport Strategy

and the second Strategic Transport Projects Review under way.

“We will consider these recommendations as part of our appraisal, allowing us to balance the needs of communities around the country.”

The commission included two professors, the former transport correspondent for The Herald and now media manager for Virgin Trains, and the manager of St Enoch Shopping Centre.

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Susan Aitken, leader of Glasgow City Council, said the blueprint had the potential to boost economic growth and give Glasgow the competitive edge it needs to compete globally.

Labour group leader, Frank McAveety said: “It sets out an incredibly radical set of proposals to tackle the infrastructure challenges of a growing and prosperous Glasgow, and to promote the regeneration of our city.

“The ball is now in the Scottish Government’s court. The majority of proposals have been vetted and approved by the Scottish Government.

“As the report shows, we will need to be bold, brave and radical to live up to the potential of all our people.”