The funding was allocated as part of additional investments in this year's council budget and is available through a Participatory Budgeting (PB) exercise, which allows local people to have a direct say in how public money is spent.

Each locality in South Lanarkshire is being allocated funding dependent on the length of footways in the area.

Clydesdale has 20.5% of the network, with £512,500 available, in East Kilbride it is 28.9% so £722,500 is available, in Hamilton it is 33.5% so £837,500 is available and Rutherglen and Cambuslang have 17.1% of the network meaning £427,500 is available.

A survey is available for people to vote on how they wish the funds to be spent. The survey will be open until 5 June.

Each person has three votes which can be allocated any way they wish.

There are three types of footways eligible for improvements: minor and residential footways, main and distributor footways and footways in business areas (commercial or industrial).

Head of Roads and Transportation Services, Colin Park, said: “I would encourage everyone who lives in the area to take part in this survey.

“We really appreciate their feedback and this will allow us to identify which footways residents would most like to see improved.”

The photograph above shows the improvements made to a footway following last year’s PB exercise.