£9bn Scottish high speed rail link floated

The plan has not even been budgeted in the £60bn Scottish infrastructure plan unveiled yesterday.

Although a link from Manchester to Glasgow was costed at around £15bn.

The Scottish Government said it would be prepared to foot up to £9bn of the bill.

Infrastructure Minister Alex Neil said a faster rail link was part of future improvement plans, however, funds had not been committed in the newly announced programme.

High-speed rail is dependent on action from Westminster, Neil said. “We think it is a mistake to start in London and we think it is a mistake to stop at Birmingham,” he added.

“Now, we are willing to look at that if we get a guarantee, in particular that the gap in England between Birmingham and the north of England, is going to be closed.”

The Scottish infrastructure plan has ambitious aims to improve roads and rail as well as schools and hospitals across the country over the next two decades.

The plan features 54 large infrastructure projects and 33 programmes across a range of areas, including schools, hospitals and housing. Ministers estimate every additional £100m of capital invested will generate £160m worth of economic activity and support 1,400 jobs.

The Scottish Government committed to improving motorway and dualcarriageway links, including the completion of upgrades to the M8, A96 and A9.

New colleges will be completed in Glasgow, Inverness and Kilmarnock, while a commitment was given to deliver projects such as the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Project pipeline

Project	price	Timetable
Forth Replacement Crossing	£1.4-£1.6bn	Start on site made 2011, programmed completion 2016
High Speed Rail Scotland’s inclusion in UK high speed rail network.	£15bn from Manchester. Scottish fund £8-9 bn.	To be defined (lines to Manchester by 2033).
Edinburgh – Glasgow Rail Improvements Electrification further helps reduce emissions within the corridor.	£1.1bn excluding rolling stock	Starting in current control period (2009-2014) Delivered in phases throughout (2014-2019)
A90 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route	£295 – £395m	To be reviewed once the legal challenges resolved.
A90 Balmedie to Tipperty 8km of new dual carriageway between Balmedie and Tipperty	£53-£63m	To be reviewed once the legal challenges resolved.
Borders Railway Reinstatement of the former Waverley Line between Edinburgh and Tweedbank	£235-£295m	Work expected to start on site in summer 2012.
Glasgow Subway Modernisation Refurbished stations with improved accessibility including replacing escalators	£287.5m	2011 to 2019
M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Completion of M8 between Edinburgh and Glasgow upgrading M74 Raith Junction	£280-335m	Operational by 2016-17 (detailed timetable subject to review)
Paisley Corridor rail improvements Enhancement of the existing railway between Glasgow Central and Paisley Gilmour Street Stations	£209m	2012
Glasgow Terminal Stations Capacity improvements to allow continued growth in rail travel	£1.3-£3bn	Beyond 2019
A9 Dual-carriageway (Perth to Inverness)	£1.5-£3bn	Phased schemes from 2017 onwards.
A96 Dual-carriageway Phased improvements of the A96 between Inverness and Aberdeen	Inverness to Nairn £250-500m	Phased schemes from 2017 onwards.
Targeted Bypass Schemes Schemes identified in STPR, including Maybole and Nairn		Phased schemes from 2017 onwards
Targeted Trunk Road Improvements		Schemes to be delivered post 2017 as funding becomes available.
A82 Improvements Upgrading road along Loch Lomondside, improved overtaking opportunities Tyndrum to Glen Coe	£200-£250m	Beyond 2017 as funding becomes available.
Aberdeen – Central Belt rail improvements	£250-600m	Beyond 2019
Clyde Fastlink Bus corridor between the city centre and Southern General Hospital.	£40m	2011-2014
Aberdeen – Inverness Rail Improvements	£250-500m	Phased from 2015 onwards
Highland Main Line Upgrading the Highland Main Line between Perth and Inverness	£250 – £600m	Phased programme over period to 2025
Intelligent Transport System	£80m	2015
Low Carbon Transport Low Carbon Vehicle technology, and further development of cycling infrastructure and freight modal shift		Over period to 2022
Maintaining Accessibility for all Support the infrastructure necessary to ensure that ferry, lifeline air and inland waterway journeys can continue		Ongoing programme of investment
Stornoway – Ullapool ferry Replace 2 current vessels	£45m	2011-2013
Ferry and harbour projects Harbour works undertaken by CMAL and independent harbour trusts	£400m	2011-2022
Next Generation Broadband Action Plan Delivering the ambition for next generation broadband to all by 2020	The funding currently identified during this Parliamentary term is £144m	We will announce further details of our approach in January 2012
Renewable Energy, including district heating Implementation of the Scottish Renewables Routemap	£200m over the Spending review period.	Spending Review period
Grid upgrades	£8bn upgrade to transmission networks	Some reinforcements are already delivered; some are underway; and some are longer term projects.
Development of carbon capture and storage infrastructure	tbc	Scottish Enterprise will publish the CCS cluster investment plan shortly.
National Renewables Infrastructure Fund (N- RIF)	£223m investment in key port and landside infrastructure	Fund operational to 2015
Scottish Water Investment Programme	£2.5bn	On going
General Hospital and Maternity Services, NHS Fife	£170m	Handover is programmed for 28 October 2011.
NHS Dumfries and Galloway – Acute Mental Health Development New build 85 bed acute mental health facility	£27.2m	In construction. Due to be operational in December 2011.
NHS Lanarkshire – Airdrie Community Health Centre New build community health centre at Graham Street, Airdrie	£27m	In construction
NHS Lothian – Royal Victoria Hospital Reprovision of all services at present based on the Royal Victoria Hospital site	£43.6m	In Construction. Operational in 2012.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde – New South Glasgow Hospitals and Laboratory Facility Project	£841.7m	In construction. Operational in 2015.
NHS Grampian – Emergency Care Centre New build acute hospital extension to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill	£109m	In construction. Operational in 2013.
NHS Tayside – Unlicensed Medicines	£21m	Construction to start in 2013. Operational in 2015.
NHS Ayrshire and Arran – Mental Health Integrated mental health and community hospital facility	£75m	2016
NHS Dumfries & Galloway – Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary Redevelopment Infirmary redevelopment to re-provide acute hospital services	£230m	TBA
NHS Lothian – Royal Hospital for Sick Children Re-provision of children’s services and neurosciences to Little France	<£225m	TBA
NHS Orkney – Reprovision of Balfour Hospital and Kirkwall Dental Centre New integrated hospital and Kirkwall dental centre, serving the population of Orkney.	£70m	TBA
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service Rationalisation of the existing estate	<£35m	TBA
NHS Lothian – Reprovision of Royal Edinburgh Hospital Developing fit for purpose accommodation for adult acute mental health beds	£135m	To be determined
NHS Ayrshire & Arran – Building For Better Care	£35.8m	To be determined
Scotland’s Schools for the Future Replace or refurbish at least 55 schools across the country	£1.25bn, of which £800m direct from Scottish Government	2010-11 to 2017-18
Glasgow School of Art	£50m	2011 site start 2014 completion
Technology Innovation Centre based at the University of Strathclyde	£89m	Building tender will be issued in February 2012
City of Glasgow College Development of the College estate on two sites	£200m	2013 site start 2016 completion
Inverness College The relocation of the College to Inverness Campus.	£52m	2013 site start 2015 completion
Kilmarnock College The relocation of the College to part of a town centre site previously occupied by Diageo.	£50m	2013 site start 2015 completion
Affordable housing and National Housing Trust 30,000 affordable homes over the five years	£630m	March 2015
Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency programmes	£196m	2012 – 2015
Warm Homes Fund	£50m	2012 – 2016
Implement regeneration strategy – details to be confirmed within the Regeneration Strategy	£150m: 2012-13 to 2014-15	2011-2022
V&A at Dundee New high-profile museum on Dundee waterfront	£45m	Completion by end 2015
Storage, repairs and maintenance at national cultural and heritage organisations	£40m	By 2021
Glasgow 2014: concert hall and theatre improvements	13.5m for Royal Concert Hall, £10m for Theatre Royal).	Spring to summer 2014
Emergency Services Future Communications Programme	£500m	Starts 2016 and concluding 2020.
Scottish Crime Campus Construction	£82m	The project completes Autumn 2013
Parliament House Redevelopment	£63m, around £15m still to be delivered.	Phases 3 & 4 aim to be completed by end 2014-15..
HMP Grampian To be built in Peterhead	£91m	Contract awarded
HMP Inverclyde HMP Inverclyde will replace the existing HMP Greenock	To be determined	SPS will award a contract for the design and construction
HMP Stirling HMP Stirling will replace the existing female prison facilities at HMP Cornton Vale	To be determined	SPS will award a contract for the design and construction
HMP Glasgow HMP Glasgow will replace the existing facilities at HMP Barlinnie	To be determined	SPS will award a contract for the design and
HMP Highland HMP Highland will replace the existing HMP Inverness	To be determined	SPS will award a contract for the design and construction
Scottish Court Replacement and Rationalisation Reduce the court estate and upgrade core buildings to deal with the resultant increased pressure of business.	£10-20m per project	3-5 years from confirmation of funding.
Criminal Courts Complex – Parliament House Project will return the court of criminal appeal, plus an additional High Court criminal court to the Parliament house complex.	£14-20m	2-3 years from confirmation of funding.
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Project pipeline

Project

price

Timetable

Forth Replacement Crossing

£1.4-£1.6bn

Start on site made 2011, programmed completion 2016

High Speed Rail

Scotland’s inclusion in UK high speed rail network.

£15bn from Manchester. Scottish fund £8-9 bn.

To be defined (lines to Manchester by 2033).

Edinburgh – Glasgow Rail Improvements

Electrification further helps reduce emissions within the corridor.

£1.1bn excluding rolling stock

Starting in current control period (2009-2014) Delivered in phases throughout (2014-2019)

A90 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route

£295 – £395m

To be reviewed once the legal challenges resolved.

A90 Balmedie to Tipperty

8km of new dual carriageway between Balmedie and Tipperty

£53-£63m

To be reviewed once the legal challenges resolved.

Borders Railway

Reinstatement of the former Waverley Line between Edinburgh and Tweedbank

£235-£295m

Work expected to start on site in summer 2012.

Glasgow Subway Modernisation

Refurbished stations with improved accessibility including replacing escalators

£287.5m

2011 to 2019

M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements

Completion of M8 between Edinburgh and Glasgow upgrading M74 Raith Junction

£280-335m

Operational by 2016-17 (detailed timetable subject to review)

Paisley Corridor rail improvements

Enhancement of the existing railway between Glasgow Central and Paisley Gilmour Street Stations

£209m

2012

Glasgow Terminal Stations

Capacity improvements to allow continued growth in rail travel

£1.3-£3bn

Beyond 2019

A9 Dual-carriageway (Perth to Inverness)

£1.5-£3bn

Phased schemes from 2017 onwards.

A96 Dual-carriageway

Phased improvements of the A96 between Inverness and Aberdeen

Inverness to Nairn £250-500m

Phased schemes from 2017 onwards.

Targeted Bypass Schemes

Schemes identified in STPR, including Maybole and Nairn

Phased schemes from 2017 onwards

Targeted Trunk Road Improvements

Schemes to be delivered post 2017 as funding becomes available.

A82 Improvements

Upgrading road along Loch Lomondside, improved overtaking opportunities Tyndrum to Glen Coe

£200-£250m

Beyond 2017 as funding becomes available.

Aberdeen – Central Belt rail improvements

£250-600m

Beyond 2019

Clyde Fastlink

Bus corridor between the city centre and Southern General Hospital.

£40m

2011-2014

Aberdeen – Inverness Rail Improvements

£250-500m

Phased from 2015 onwards

Highland Main Line

Upgrading the Highland Main Line between Perth and Inverness

£250 – £600m

Phased programme over period to 2025

Intelligent Transport System

£80m

2015

Low Carbon Transport

Low Carbon Vehicle technology, and further development of cycling infrastructure and freight modal shift

Over period to 2022

Maintaining Accessibility for all

Support the infrastructure necessary to ensure that ferry, lifeline air and inland waterway journeys can continue