Almost half of flagship building projects delayed

Almost half of the Scottish Government’s major infrastructure projects have been subject to delays, with prisons suffering the biggest hold-ups.

Schools and health centres are also among the 25 out of 55 projects which have been pushed back or were delivered behind schedule.

Almost half of flagship building projects delayed

The Inverness jail will not be ready until 2023

New and updated prisons at HMP Glasgow and Greenock have been delayed by one and two years respectively, pushing their expected completion date back to 2024, while plans for a new £80 million-plus jail in Inverness were delayed for another 16 months and will not be ready until March 2023.



Redevelopment of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Campus was delayed 15 months to April 2022, and a new healthcare centre in Clydebank was delayed 11 months to June 2021.

The delays were revealed in Scottish Labour analysis of the latest Infrastructure Investment Plan update.

The Scottish Government document also outlined delays of several months for works on the A737 and A77 in Ayrshire, and a year’s delay to a £15m revamp of health and care in Skye, Lochalsh and South West Ross.

Colin Smyth, Labour’s transport, infrastructure and connectivity spokesperson, said: “It’s not just the trains the SNP can’t run on the time – major infrastructure projects have been pushed back under this government.



“Infrastructure investment should be what is powering our economy from the ground up, creating good quality direct jobs, further work in the supply chain and ultimately better public services.

“But under the SNP projects are too often behind schedule and handed to companies who aren’t delivering good quality work.”

Welcoming the release of the Infrastructure Investment Plan last week, infrastructure secretary Michael Matheson said that more than £1.4bn was invested in infrastructure projects opened across Scotland in 2018-19.

Labour analysis of the Scottish Government’s Infrastructure Investment Plan update for March 2019 shows key projects have suffered delays since the previous publication in September 2018.



 

Operation / Service Start date

 

Project

As of September 2018

As of March 2019

Delayed?

A737 Dalry Bypass

01/12/2019

01/12/2019

 

A77 Maybole Bypass

01/12/2020

31/05/2021

Delayed

A9 Dualling: Luncarty to Pass of Birnam

31/03/2021

01/03/2021

 

A90 Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie-Tipperty

30/11/2018

19/02/2019

Delayed

A90/A96 Haudagain Junction Improvement

01/05/2021

01/03/2021

 

Aberdeen Baird Family Hospital and ANCHOR Centre

01/12/2021

01/12/2021

 

Aberdeen to Inverness Rail Improvement Project

31/12/2019

31/12/2019

 

Alness

31/03/2020

10/04/2020

Delayed

Barony Campus
(previously called  Knockroon Learning and Enterprise Campus)

18/08/2020

18/08/2020

 

Bertha Park High

15/08/2019

15/08/2019

 

Blairdardie

07/02/2019

06/03/2019

Delayed

Carntyne

01/11/2018

31/10/2018

 

Clydebank Health & Care Centre

16/07/2020

16/06/2021

Delayed

CMAL - Two new 100 metre ferries

31/10/2019

31/10/2019

 

Cumbernauld Academy

19/08/2019

19/08/2019

 

Dunoon Primary School

05/11/2018

07/11/2018

Delayed

East Lothian Community Hospital

24/01/2020

24/02/2020

Delayed

Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme EGIP

31/03/2020

31/03/2020

 

Elsrickle 
(previously Walston)

01/04/2019

01/04/2019

 

Fife College 
(Dunfermline Campus)

To be confirmed

To be confirmed

 

Forth Valley College (Falkirk Campus)

07/11/2019

07/11/2019

 

Gorbals Health Centre

09/11/2018

06/11/2018

 

Greenock Health & Care Centre

16/07/2020

04/09/2020

Delayed

Hayshead Primary School

19/02/2020

19/02/2020

 

Highland Main Line Phase 2

31/03/2019

12/05/2019

Delayed

HMP Glasgow

02/10/2023

02/10/2024

Delayed

HMP Greenock (R)

01/10/2022

01/10/2024

Delayed

HMP Highland

22/10/2021

01/03/2023

Delayed

Inverness High School

27/03/2020

27/03/2020

 

Inverness Justice Centre

16/04/2020

16/04/2020

 

Inverurie Community Campus

30/03/2020

30/03/2020

 

Jedburgh

30/03/2020

30/03/2020

 

Ladyloan

07/01/2019

08/01/2019

Delayed

Lossiemouth High School

17/08/2020

17/08/2020

 

Merkinch Primary School

31/03/2020

14/04/2020

Delayed

Muirfield

07/01/2019

08/01/2019

Delayed

National Facility for Women Offenders

31/12/2020

12/07/2021

Delayed

NHS Orkney New Hospital and Healthcare Facilities

31/07/2019

31/07/2019

 

NHS Scotland Pharmaceutical Specials Service

21/12/2018

15/03/2019

Delayed

Queen Margaret Academy

25/10/2019

25/10/2019

 

Queensferry

31/03/2020

31/03/2020

No Change

Redesign of Mental Health Facilities Argyll & Bute

To be confirmed

To be confirmed

 

Redesign of Services for Badenoch and Strathspey

01/03/2021

26/03/2022

Delayed

Redesign of Services for Skye, Lochalsh & South West Ross

01/03/2021

26/03/2022

Delayed

Redevelopment of Royal Edinburgh Hospital Campus Phase 2 and 3

05/01/2021

01/04/2022

Delayed

Royal Hospital for Sick Children / Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Under Review

03/07/2019

Previously Under Review

Shotts Electrification

31/03/2019

31/05/2019

Delayed

Sighthill Campus

25/10/2019

25/10/2019

 

Stirling Care Village

03/10/2019

15/11/2019

Delayed

Stirling Dunblane Alloa Rail Electrification (SDA)

02/12/2018



09/12/2018

Delayed

Stobhill Mental Health DBFM Beds

26/03/2020

19/06/2020

Delayed

Tullibody South

19/08/2019

19/08/2019

 

Underbank

29/11/2018

29/11/2018

 

Wallyford

14/02/2019

20/02/2019

Delayed

Woodside Health Centre

05/05/2019

05/05/2019

 


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