TRADE union leader Jimmy Reid, inventor James Watt and television presenter Tom Weir are to be immortalised in steel on a new walkway in Glasgow.
The three figures won a public vote to have statues erected of them on the walking and cycling route linking the city's west end to Central Station.
They beat off competition from other famous Scots with links to the city including comic Billy Connolly and singer Lulu.
Bike charity Sustrans, which received £50 million from the Big Lottery Fund to extend its National Cycle Network across the UK, is building a portrait bench along the new route, which will feature three lifesize 2D figures of the heroes.
The charity announced the results of the online poll, run by Glasgow City Council, yesterday.
Govan-born Reid, who died in 2010, was most famous for leading the Upper Clyde shipbuilders work-in in the early 1970s to try to stop the Conservative Government from closing down the shipyards.
Watt was renowned for his improvements in steam engine technology during the during the 18th and 19th centuries, while climber Weir, who died aged 91 in 2006, was best known for his television show Weir's Way.
Their statues will be completed by next March.
Rowena Colpitts, scheme manager with Sustrans Scotland, said: "The Glasgow portrait bench will help the route to belong to the people, providing a point of intrigue along the way."
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