Minister hails £1.4bn investment projects

More than £1.4 billion was invested in infrastructure projects across Scotland over the last year, official figures show.

According to the latest report published as part of the Scottish Government’s infrastructure programme, 19 new schools, the V&A Museum in Dundee and the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route were completed in 2018/2019.

On a visit to the construction site of the new £70 million East Lothian Community Hospital in Haddington, Infrastructure Secretary Michael Matheson said investment will continue to be made in future projects, including the delivery of 50,000 affordable homes.

Mr Matheson said: “Over the course of 2018-19, infrastructure projects worth more than £1.4bn were completed and opened to the public.”