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Euro funding for Highlands and Islands
29/03/2004
European funding worth £8.7 million for a variety of
projects across the Highlands and Islands was announced
today at the Convention of the Highlands and Islands in
Arran.
The latest round is worth more than £32.6 million when
matching funding is included.
Deputy Enterprise Minister Lewis Macdonald said:
"I am delighted to announce today a further injection of
European funding worth almost £9 million under the
Highlands & Islands Special Transitional Programme.
"This latest round of funding brings support to a range
of excellent projects, contributing to the local economy
and improving access to and for rural communities.
"The successful organisations deserve great credit for
the work that they have done to be awarded this funding.
The real work will now begin to implement these
projects."
Six projects will receive almost £9 million of European
Regional Development Funding (ERDF) to help promote
community facilities and business.
They include the Inverness Medicentre project which has
been awarded £2.7 million.
Highland Council will also receive £1 million towards
the construction of the Inverness Airport access road,
and £737,500 towards the second phase of the A832
Achnasheen to Kinlochewe road upgrade.
The Highlands and Islands Special Transitional Programme
was approved by the European Commission in August 2000. It
has allocated around £185 million to support projects that
contribute to the economic development of the area out of a
total of around €300 million (£208 million) for the period
2000 - 2006.