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Scottish Government unveils £33bn infrastructure plan for next five years
Updated: 04/02/2021, 4:35 pm
Michael Matheson set out some of the £33 billion capital spending plans for the next five years (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Spending on healthcare, education, transport and environmental infrastructure over the next five years will exceed £33 billion, the Scottish Government has forecast.
Transport and Infrastructure Secretary Michael Matheson announced the Government’s five-year capital spending strategy that it hopes will support an estimated 45,000 construction and maintenance jobs over the next parliamentary term.
Since a draft version of the plan was released in September last year, Mr Matheson said a further £2 billion of proposed spending has been added, including £50 million for “active freeways” and £60 million for “climate adaptation of the trunk road network” in an effort to support the Government’s environmental strategy.