Building Briefs – August 9th

Work almost complete on Fife’s first regional indoor football training facility

Construction work on a regional indoor football training facility at the Michael Woods Sports & Leisure Centre in Glenrothes is almost complete.

The facility, which is funded by Fife Council and sportscotland, will be the first of its kind in Fife.

The indoor training facility is being built next to the existing outdoor synthetic turf pitches and athletics track. It will be available for casual bookings as well as becoming an important asset for Fife Football Performance Academy, Fife Elite Football Academy, grassroots football programmes and clubs.

The facility is expected to open in November.

A75 road repairs at Collin Bypass

Scotland TranServ, on behalf of Transport Scotland, are preparing a scheme of essential carriageway maintenance works, to be carried out on the A75.

Scotland TranServ will be resurfacing the westbound carriageway of the A75 Collin bypass over 12 days.

Work will start at 7pm on Wednesday 09 August and will finish around 7pm on Sunday 20 August 2017.

New £250,000 walking/cycling path to be built at Rosneath

A new £250,000 walking and cycling path is to be built at Rosneath in Argyll and Bute.

Funding from UK transport charity Sustrans will see a new route created between Rosneath and Rosneath Castle Caravan Park.

The funding is part of an overall £396,000 Community Links Programme award to the council, which is awarded to local authorities, other statutory bodies and educational institutions, to create a cycle network infrastructure for everyday journeys.

Motherwell street upgrade project complete

A £73,000 street upgrade project in Motherwell is now complete.

New paving, shrubs, trees and planters along with benches and street lighting have all be installed on Windmillhill Street outside the health centre.

The landscaping and paving works were carried out by Ground Control and the new lights installed by Amey. The project was delivered with funding generated from the Scottish Government’s Town Centre Regeneration Fund and the council’s Local Development Programme.

Dundee community centre to undergo £35,000 upgrade

More than £35,000 is to be invested to upgrade Douglas Community Centre in Dundee.

The scheme will see new power and data supplies installed, as well as uprating the decoration and floor coverings.

The works are being carried out to support the Big Noise project, which delivers a mix of in-school and after-school sessions across Claypotts Castle Primary and St. Pius Primary.

The council’s construction services division will carry out the work, which gets underway later this month.

‘Schools Out’ for the Queensferry Crossing

The details of a ‘community day’ on the Queensferry Crossing have been revealed.

Following confirmation that the official opening by The Queen will take place on September 4, and in response to local feedback, an additional 10,000 people from local schools and community groups on both sides of the Forth will have the chance to walk onto the bridge the next day. Then, from September 6 onwards, the bridge will re-open to traffic, with no pedestrian access.

The event on September 5 is expected to involve 13 schools from within the six community council areas immediately adjacent to the project, totalling around 6,000 pupils and staff who have been invited.

This is expected to create an opportunity for each child in the area to become a part of Scotland’s history, thereby offering a real legacy for the next generation. It also builds on a key aspect of the project whereby 23,000 school pupils have participated in the Schools Programme, part of the wider Outreach and Education programme in which 70,000 people have participated.

The third day is in addition to the Queensferry Crossing Experience which will see 50,000 people walk the bridge over the weekend of 2/3 September. The new bridge opens to traffic for the first time on August 30, prior to closing to accommodate the Queensferry Crossing Experience.

Transport Scotland and VisitScotland also revealed details of additional support for local communities to make the most out of the weekend of celebrations, including funding for South Queensferry and North Queensferry to host events, entertainment, screenings of the celebrations, and a flotilla on the Forth, in the run up to and during the official opening on September 4.