Residents of Wishaw, Motherwell and Shotts are in line to benefit from major regeneration plans announced by North Lanarkshire Council.
The five-year investment plan will reshape town centres, develop business and retail opportunities, improve housing and schools and develop local community hubs and will cost over £1.2 billion.
Councillor Jim Logue, Leader of North Lanarkshire Council, said: “Over the next five years, we are investing £1.2 billion in creating town and community hubs, in our country parks, and in essential infrastructure and housing to help create a sustainable future for town centres that will benefit people and communities across North Lanarkshire.
“The draft visions for our town centres bring a tangible reality to the outline concepts and these will be developed with our communities, for our communities, so that we are creating vibrant, safe, resilient places where people are supported at all stages of their life and businesses can thrive.”
After announcing the projects to members of the policy and strategy committee last week, the council has now provided more details of the developments proposed for each area.
In Wishaw, plans are in place for developing a new town centre hub.
The council also wants to focus the town centre around The Cross, Kirk Road and connections to the rail station as well as strengthening the green network and active travel and connections to Clyde and Calder Valleys.
The vision for Shotts is to create a new sense of place built around a new town centre that is a focus for the community and the delivery of services to all the neighbourhoods, including outlying smaller centres and villages.
In Motherwell, the investment will include plans to build a £1 million velo park at the Bellshill entrance to Strathclyde Country Park; create a heritage and lagoon area, new outdoor centre and play areas in the Country Park, the development of town and community hubs and redeveloping the town centre incorporating a new town square and transport interchange.
Councillor Logue added: “These projects will be underpinned by the highest quality digital infrastructure and a network of active travel routes, so our people are connected digitally and physically to our towns, communities and greenspaces.
“The pace of change is vast and we’re creating places that people truly want to live, learn, work, invest and visit.”
