A BUSY area of Glasgow is undergoing 15 months of roadworks.
Duke Street and John Knox Street to the east and South Portland Street in Laurieston will be affected.
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The project is a bid to better connect communities with the city centre.
Disruption is expected with work beginning in January and lasting for over a year.
In February, Cowcaddens Road and Dobbies Loan will also undergo a transformation.
Convener for climate, transport and city centre recovery Angus Millar said: “The city centre is experiencing a period of significant transition but so too are those communities on its peripheries.
“Some are unrecognisable from just a few years. In just over a year’s time, Glaswegians will see areas ignored for too long positively transformed.
“Some disruption is inevitable over the 15 months of construction, particularly given the importance of some of the routes.
“At the end, we’ll have the high-quality public realm and transport infrastructure a modern European city like Glasgow deserves.”
The work will be funded by £21m from the Scottish Government.
The rest of the cash will be fronted by the Avenues and Avenues Plus projects already underway through the Glasgow City Deal.
The work on Duke Street and John Knox Street is expected to cost almost £8million.
The Cowcaddens Road and Dobbies Loan Avenues contract is worth £6.5 million.
South Portland Street Avenue will reportedly cost around £2.3m.
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