Funding worth more than £100million has been made available for major infrastructure projects in Glasgow and surrounding areas.

It comes from the £1.13billion City Deal which will create 15,000 construction jobs, 28,000 permanent additional posts and unlock £3.3b of private sector cash.

Members of the City Deal Cabinet this week approved a number of new schemes which brings the total cash committed so far to £112m.

The money will be used to take forward projects which will regenerate land for housing, create thousands of jobs and allow for the development of housing, industrial and business sites across the region.

The latest cash release includes almost £11m for Canal and North, including Sighthill for the remediation of land for housing near the city centre.

Almost £3m will be spent on developing a business case for a £21m investment in Hamilton which should see 1800 new homes, thousands of new jobs and new communities.

And almost £640,000 will go to the Gartcosh link road in North Lanarkshire. It will unlock hundreds of millions of pounds by allowing the delivery of up to 3300 new homes generating £250m in private sector housing investment, 1400 construction jobs and improved transport.

A number of influential business experts have agreed to join a board chaired by Lord Haughey to help the Cabinet maximise wider economic activity related to the City Deal.

They include Glasgow Chamber of Commerce chief executive Stuart Patrick, Texas Instruments managing director Gerry McCarthy and Alison Rose, chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland's corporate, commercial and private banking business.

City council leader Frank McAveety, who is chairman of the Cabinet, said: "Our City Deal is one of the biggest of its kind in the UK and offers huge opportunities and benefits for the people who live and work in the area.

"We are seeing projects take shape and the latest round of business cases approved means we have now released more than £100m from the City Deal pot.

"We are making real progress and are well on the road to realising the benefits our City Deal will make in terms of new jobs, improved infrastructure and more investment in the region."

Lord Haughey said the City Deal has huge potential to drive economic growth and job creation.

He added: "To help realise that ambition, we have put together a very accomplished group that will not only provide valuable economic leadership but will be strong advocates for Glasgow and the wider region.

"They have the right skills, experience and motivation to make a really positive contribution."