LESSONS must be learned from issues with parking and congestion at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital when work on a new £80million waterfront university campus gets under way, councillors say.

Glasgow councillors have approved handing up to £1m of City Region City Deal funding to the University of Glasgow for the development of a Clyde Waterfront Innovation Campus in Govan.

However, they made it clear the surrounding community should benefit from the project.

Labour councillor Matt Kerr said people in Govan had been “very, very supportive of the super hospital” but that support had been lost, partly due to issues with traffic.

Parking and congestion around the hospital site have been regular complaints since it opened in 2015. Mr Kerr said thorough plans would need to be put in place to deal with visitors to the campus.

Green councillor Allan Young, for Govan, asked how the development would help to reduce deprivation in the area.

A council officer said people “aren’t really convinced Govan benefited” from the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital being built.

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He said the University of Glasgow project would bring 24 acres of “contaminated, vacant and derelict land” into use as well as aiming to provide opportunities for local school leavers on the campus, with educational pathways being explored.

The developers would be “looking to learn from what Barclays have committed to,” he added. The bank is developing a new campus at the city’s Buchanan Wharf, with plans to create up to 2500 jobs.

As part of funding agreements, Barclays will provide 341 jobs for disadvantaged workers or those who have a disability.

The funding approved by councillors for the university proposal will support design, site investigations and technical studies. The campus is expected to cost £80m to complete, and the University of Glasgow has submitted a bid of £25m for UK Government Strength In Places funding.

It has also identified in-principle funding support of £10m from the £1.13billion Glasgow City Region City Deal, an agreement between the UK Government, Scottish Government and eight local authorities across Glasgow and the Clyde Valley.

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The campus would be a ‘high technology innovation facility’, which aims to stimulate economic growth, particularly in the Life Science and Further Education sectors. It is hoped it will benefit from its proximity to the hospital.

A James Watt Nanofabrication Centre and a Precision Medicine Living Laboratory will feature in the first stage of the development, as well as a space for companies to carry out research and develop products.

The proposed campus will be a key part of the City Deal’s Clyde Waterfront Innovation Quarter, which aims to regenerate the waterfront as an “attractive urban quarter that will bring significant private sector investment to Glasgow and unlock the economic potential of vacant and derelict sites close to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital”.

It is expected almost 4,000 new jobs will be created. Susan Aitken, Council leader and chair of the Glasgow City Region City Deal Cabinet, said: “The Clyde Waterfront Innovation Quarter will bring thousands of jobs to communities on the banks of the river, and the Innovation Campus will help to unlock the enormous potential of these sites in Govan.”

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“The City Deal funding the council has now approved will help deliver a facility that will further enhance Glasgow’s reputation as a leading city in technology and innovation, attract investment, and deliver inclusive economic growth.”