Question reference: S4O-00598
- Asked by: Joan McAlpine, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 11 January 2012
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Current status: Answered by Alex Neil on 19 January 2012
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how Dumfriesshire and East Lothian will benefit from the Infrastructure Investment Plan 2011.
Answer
Dumfriesshire and East Lothian, and those who live there, will benefit directly and indirectly from a number of the investments set out in the Infrastructure Investment Plan, including Scotland’s Schools for the Future Programme, the new acute mental health facility in Dumfries and Galloway, the re-provision of the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary and hub investment in Gullane Surgery and Day Care Centre and East Lothian Community Hospital, as well as Scotland-wide investment in the transport, digital, energy, housing and water programmes.