Almost half of flagship building projects delayed
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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.
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 |
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| A77 Maybole Bypass | 01/12/2020 | 31/05/2021 | Delayed |
| A9 Dualling: Luncarty to Pass of Birnam | 31/03/2021 | 01/03/2021 |
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| 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 | 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 |
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| Clydebank Health & Care Centre | 16/07/2020 | 16/06/2021 | Delayed |
| CMAL - Two new 100 metre ferries | 31/10/2019 | 31/10/2019 |
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| 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 |
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| Elsrickle | 01/04/2019 | 01/04/2019 |
|
| Fife College | 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 |
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| Inverness Justice Centre | 16/04/2020 | 16/04/2020 |
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| Inverurie Community Campus | 30/03/2020 | 30/03/2020 |
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| Jedburgh | 30/03/2020 | 30/03/2020 |
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| Ladyloan | 07/01/2019 | 08/01/2019 | Delayed |
| Lossiemouth High School | 17/08/2020 | 17/08/2020 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Stirling Care Village | 03/10/2019 | 15/11/2019 | Delayed |
| Stirling Dunblane Alloa Rail Electrification (SDA) | 02/12/2018 |
| Delayed |
| Stobhill Mental Health DBFM Beds | 26/03/2020 | 19/06/2020 | Delayed |
| Tullibody South | 19/08/2019 | 19/08/2019 |
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| Underbank | 29/11/2018 | 29/11/2018 |
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| Wallyford | 14/02/2019 | 20/02/2019 | Delayed |
| Woodside Health Centre | 05/05/2019 | 05/05/2019 |
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