Infrastructure Investment Plan 2021-22 to 2025-26 Major capital projects progress update (August 2024)

Summary of changes note

This note summarises key points and changes within the report since the December 2023 progress update.

Projects included within the report for the first time

• A9 Dualling Tay Crossing to Ballinluig
• NHS Lanarkshire - Monklands Replacement Project

Projects no longer included within the report

The following projects were reported as being completed or operational within the last progress update and are therefore now no longer included:

• Reston and East Linton Rail Stations
• Barrhead Rail Enhancement
• NHS Tayside - Electrical Infrastructure Zone 2 - Radiotherapy, Maternity and West Ward Block
• National Facility for Women Offenders

The following project was reported as having no availability of funding for the Health element within the last progress update and therefore would no longer be included going forward:

• NHS Western Isles – Barra and Vatersay Community Campus

Projects where business case has been paused

The following Health projects in development were reported within the last progress update as having their business cases paused and will not be reported on further until the necessary capital funding to complete them becomes available:

• NHS Grampian – National Treatment Centre
• NHS Lothian - National Treatment Centre
• NHS Lothian - Reprovision of Eye Services
• NHS Ayrshire & Arran - National Treatment Centre - Ayrshire & Arran
• NHS Tayside - Ninewells Electrical Infrastructure Zone 3

Notable events relating to projects within the report since last update

• National Waiting Times Centre Board – Hospital Expansion Programme Phase 2 – The project which forms part of the National Treatment Centres programme, became operational in July. The new Surgical Centre provides an expansion of elective surgical capacity, specifically orthopaedic surgery and endoscopy procedures.
• Levenmouth Rail project – The passenger railway in Levenmouth, Fife reopened for the first time in over 50 years when project became operational in June. The project reconnected local communities to the railway for the first time since 1969, with the help of a 9km long track and two new accessible stations in Leven and Cameron Bridge.
• A9 Dualling Tay Crossing to Ballinluig – The fourth phase of A9 Dualling programme was approved in May 2024 and project is now in procurement. In advance of the appointment of the contractor, a programme of advance works will be undertaken to help reduce risks to the main construction contract, which will involve a variety of activities including ground investigation, archaeological works, environmental mitigation and utility diversions.
• NHS Lothian Oncology Enabling Projects, Edinburgh Cancer Centre – Overall project completion and service operational was achieved in April when all individual projects were completed. These included two units which provide vital care and treatment to some of the most unwell patients in Scotland, the new Cancer Assessment Unit and oncology ward for systemic anti-cancer treatment at the cancer centre in the Western General Hospital.
• HMP Highland – Construction commenced in April of a new prison in Inverness that will increase custody capacity, improve rehabilitation services and provide significant investment to the local area. Once completed, it will be Scotland’s first net-zero prison, with improved education and health facilities to help with rehabilitation. It will also allow more adult men from the Highlands and Islands to be accommodated in their local area, improving access for families and services.