Last month, we revealed the council was due to benefit from the £1.3 billion City Deal investment from the Scottish and UK governments.

The council — who will share the funding with seven other local authorities in the Greater Glasgow region — plans to use its share of the cash to build a relief road at the former Exxon site in Bowling.

The hope is the new relief road will allow heavy traffic on the A82 to bypass Milton.

A special meeting has been called for Wednesday, August 13 where councillors will decide whether or not to accept the investment offer.

The details of the report which will go before councillors are, as yet, unknown but the report will be published by this Friday, at the latest.

Last month Martin Rooney, council leader, was quick to welcome the funding streams. Cllr Rooney said: “I really welcome this announcement and believe the offer made by the UK Government is a fantastic opportunity for West Dunbartonshire and neighbouring authorities to grow the economy of this region.

The UK Government and Scottish Government will each give the City Region £500 million in grant funding while the local authorities involved, including West Dunbartonshire Council (WDC), will borrow a further £130 million as part of a scheme that is expected to give the region an uplift of £2.2billion per year and unlock private sector investment of £3.3 billion.

It is also expected, across the region, 15,000 construction jobs will be created along with a further 28,000 permanent additional jobs once construction is complete.

The council has identified the 81-acre site at Bowling as a key project that would require around £27.9 million investment to pay for the future development of the site for, we understand, offices and/or warehouses.

Officers will begin work on a master-plan for the future of the Bowling site, which it is expected will be complete in six months to a year’s time.