A GRANT scheme to help private owners fund repairs to the River Clyde quay walls is to be set up.

Councillors are expected to approve plans to give financial help to third party owners to allow vital safety work to go ahead to aloe development along the riverside.

Glasgow City Council has approved £50m to fund work on quay walls but it only owns around one third of the riverside between Glasgow Green and the Riverside Museum and Water row Govan.

No set amount has been identified but the council expects the fund will be oversubscribed and owners will have to find some cash themselves.

Stretches of the walls have been identified as in poor structural condition. On the north bank at Anderston Quay a section collapsed into the river in 2013.

On the south bank sections of wall were deemed unsafe owned by the owners of properties in the Waterfront including Riverview Gardens, Riverview Place and Riverview Drive who are responsible for the cost of repairs.

Council leader, Susan Aitken, said work is necessary to allow regeneration work to proceed.

She said: “The Clyde is a key part of our future economic growth, and this investment will unlock regeneration that can benefit everyone in Glasgow. Restoring the quay walls on the Clyde will not only remove barriers to developing sites along the waterfront, bringing jobs, homes and businesses, but will also improve access to the river making it an even more attractive location.”

Council owned locations including Custom House Quay and Carlton Place, Clyde Street at the Briggait and Anderston and Lancefield quays have been identified as priority sites for this investment.

The funding will allow work to take place between Glasgow Green and the proposed Partick to Govan bridge.

However while the council is funding work on areas within its ownership other areas of the riverbank are owned by private firms or property developments.

It was decided that a grant scheme should be set up to allocate limited funding. Owners who apply will need to show that the funding will help achieve City Deal priorities, like creating new commercial space, bringing back derelict land into purposeful use and creating or enhancing a public space like a walkway.