Falkirk

Major road upgrades at Snab Brae in Bo’ness are set to get underway in the New Year as part of an £800,000 project aimed at improving road safety and promoting active travel.

Creativity, problem-solving and teamwork helped 40 budding engineers and future project managers from six local high schools rise to the Big Design Challenge.

Mac Mic Group and Persimmon Homes East Scotland have completed a land sale agreement for a site in Dennyloanhead, Falkirk. This significant milestone marks the next step in delivering new sustainable homes and local infrastructural improvements to the area.

Scottish Water has completed work on a £706,000 green energy scheme at a site near Falkirk, which is set to save around 135 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year.

Substantial repairs to the road network across the area got underway in April 2024 thanks to an additional £4 million capital investment to be spent on road resurfacing and other road upgrades over a 12-month period. Now six months into the multi-million roads resurfacing programme 50 carriage

Cala Homes (West) is progressing a detailed planning application for the creation of a new neighbourhood in Bo’ness, Falkirk.

The multi-million-pound Falkirk and Grangemouth Growth Deal has been signed by UK and Scottish Governments as well as Falkirk Council as part of a package that will strengthen the local economy and create more than a thousand jobs over the next 10 years. Up to 1660 jobs and £628m worth of econ

A housebuilding firm has been fined after instructing workers to carry out land clearance which obstructed and damaged a large active badger sett.

The Full Business Case (FBC) for the development of a new £4 million Skills Transition Centre, based in the Forth Valley College Falkirk Campus, is ready for submission to the UK and Scottish Governments.

Falkirk Council is ready to carry out ambitious flood alleviation work in Dunmore Village that will reduce flood risk to homes and local infrastructure from surface water flooding.

The sale of the former Falkirk Town Hall and Municipal Buildings site to a developer has been approved by the local authority.

Work to improve the A9/Grandsable Road junction in Falkirk is now complete, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing transformation of the A9 corridor.

Falkirk Council is being asked to approve the sale of the former Falkirk Town Hall and Municipal Buildings site on for an estimated £6.2 million.

Falkirk Council has invested a total of £653,000 in bridges in the last year. Significant renovation projects on two bridges were completed in the last year along with a number of smaller scale refurbishments marking a £653k investment in the area’s infrastructure.

This summer, the A9/A904 Westfield project will reach a major milestone when work starts on the next phase of the initiative which aims to transform local infrastructure and boost the economy once complete.