Glasgow council to look at restoring pontoons and river buses
Getty ImagesGlasgow City Council is to investigate bringing waterfront pontoons back into use again, with the possibility of a river bus being launched in Glasgow.
Boats carrying people over the water were once a common sight in the city but the last service came to an end last year when the Renfrew Ferry was pulled.
A councillor has raised the prospect of the ongoing Custom House Quay and Carlton Place project - which aims to regenerate the local waterfront - allowing river travel to be possible.
An officer said an investigation into a small business case regarding using pontoons has been approved by the local council, but operating a river bus would involve working with other authorities.
Speaking at last week's economy, housing, transport and regeneration city policy committee meeting, SNP councillor Graham Campbell said:
"I'm very much a champion of getting us back to having a river bus, having river travel and having the river as a transit mechanism and people being able to access it again".
He asked if the development of Custom House would allow that to be possible and form part of considerations.
An official said bringing activity and use back to the riverfront would make having a river bus a more viable option.
Another officer then confirmed an investigation into using pontoons had been approved.
The Clyde was once busy with vessels transporting passengers in the past with 11 ferries reportedly operating in the 1850s.
