Three active travel projects across Scotland will receive a share of over £22m in government funding.
The permanent schemes in Aye, Broughty Ferry and Hawick will see road space reallocated in favour of sustainable active travel modes.
With funding allocated through the Sustrans Place for Everyone initiative, the projects will create integrated networks for pedestrians and cyclists.
In Ayr, the project aims to improve infrastructure within and around the town centre, connecting key areas with transport nodes in the town.
North of Dundee, the Broughty Ferry project will link the communities of Broughty Ferry and Monifieth with its first fully segregated cycle lanes.
And in Hawick the active travel network will work alongside a flood defence scheme to deliver over four miles of new active travel facilities in the town.
Scotland’s cabinet secretary for transport, infrastructure and connectivity Michael Matheson said: “Encouraging more sustainable active travel journeys is vital to our health, wellbeing and in our response to the climate emergency.
“Our recently published Climate Change Plan update puts active travel at the heart of our actions to secure our world leading net-zero ambitions.
“That’s why we’re investing over £500m over the next five years, in addition to a further £50m to support new ‘Active Freeways’ to some of Scotland’s major destinations.”
