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Environmental improvements for quarrying communities
22/04/2005
Budding gardeners, families and skateboard enthusiasts
will be among those to benefit from over £500,000 funding
to address the impacts of quarrying.
Environment Minister Ross Finnie today allocated
£548,598 from the Community Environmental Renewal Scheme
(CERS) to 18 communities across Scotland.
Grants ranging from £9,000 to £54,052 will fund a
variety of projects to transform the environment in
communities in the vicinity of past or present
quarrying.
Projects include the construction of a skateboarding
park in Shetland and the development of vegetable gardens
for Renfrewshire communities.
Mr Finnie said:
"This investment underlines our commitment to delivering
environmental improvements in all areas of Scotland.
"This scheme will help to fund a wide range of community
based projects as well as improving services and facilities
for communities affected by the noise, dust and loss of
habitats caused by quarrying.
"We have now supported more than 200 projects in
communities across Scotland in order to enhance their
environment and quality of life."
The full list of grants offered for Community
Environmental Renewal Scheme 2004-07 is:
- Strichen Meadow Regeneration Project, Strichen,
Aberdeenshire - £17,761. Remediation of a former brick
work factory site to become a community park
- Pitcaple Environment Project, Inverurie,
Aberdeenshire - £12,250. Creation of a tree trail
through local woodland
- Abbotsford Road Public Park Project, Arbroath,
Angus - £38,097. Fencing and landscaping of park as
part of regeneration scheme
- Walker Homes Residents' Association - Play Parks
Project, Dunbar, East Lothian - £28,405. Upgrade of
existing play equipment to provide stimulating all-age
play area
- Play Park and Communal Area Regeneration Project,
Alloa, Falkirk - £20,000. Upgrade of run-down play area
to become all-age play facility
- Spire Arts Centre, Newburgh, Fife - £38,348.
Restoration and development of historic Newburgh Town
Hall
- Cassley Drive Play Park, Altass, Sutherland,
Highland - £19,000. Upgrade of run-down play area to
become all-age play facility
- Footpaths Improvement Project, Ullapool, Highland -
£25,000. Construction of a footpath network between
Morefield and Ullapool
- Kilbarchan Community Park Improvement, Kilbarchan,
Renfrewshire - £50,000. Upgrade of play facilities
within community park
- Harvest for Health, Renfrewshire - £26,711.
Physical improvement of run-down open spaces in five
communities, promoting local food production by growing
organic vegetables
- Old Library Community Garden, Kilbarchan,
Renfrewshire - £11,120. Provision of a community garden
within the grounds of the Old Library Building
- Howwood Access Pathways Initiative, Howwood,
Renfrewshire - £36,169. Landscaping works, provision of
signage and improvements to pathways
- Commemorative Bandstand, Jedburgh, Scottish
Borders- £9,000. Creation of new community park with
commemorative Victorian style bandstand
- Coldingham Public Hall Restoration, Coldingham,
Scottish Borders - £50,000. Refurbishment and
restoration of a community owned historic public
hall
- Shetland Skate Park, Lerwick, Shetland Islands -
£30,000. Construction of a skateboarding park
- River Creed Enhancement Plan, Stornoway, Western
Isles - £40,000. Woodland and pathway improvements
along the River Creed
- Black Glen Heritage Trail, Newmarket, Western Isles
- £42,685. Provision of interpretation boards and the
upgrade of pathways around the village of
Newmarket
- Lochboisdale Footpath - Phase 1, South Uist,
Western Isles - £54,052. Creation of path across bay
along the lines of historic low-tide path between two
communities
The scheme is being administered by Forward Scotland, on
behalf of the Executive, using funds from the Aggregates
Levy.