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Funding to clean up contaminated land
12/12/2006
Communities in 18 of Scotland's local authorities will benefit from Executive funding to clean up contaminated land causing risks to health or the wider environment.
Deputy Environment Minister Rhona Brankin officially opened a former heavily contaminated industrial site in Falkirk today and announced that a further £8 million was being made available for the clean up of specific contaminated sites taking the total to almost £13.2 million.
Speaking from Summerford Park Ms Brankin said:
"The Scottish Executive is determined to provide a cleaner and healthier environment for all of Scotland's communities.
"In the last three years alone we have provided £25.7 million in funding for the clean up of contaminated land.
"The £8 million I am announcing today is a further indication of the Executive's commitment to removing health risks, addressing dereliction and removing barriers to regeneration.
"I recognise the tremendous effort that Falkirk Council has made to restore the former contaminated industrial site here at Summerford Park. The fruits of that remediation work, together with the area's redevelopment as a safe, open leisure space available for everyone to enjoy, are visible around us for all to see.
"I am confident that this greenspace will prove to be a valuable asset for the benefit of the local community for years to come."
CONTAMINATED LAND FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN 2007-08
| Local Authority | Funding Allocated £000's |
| Aberdeen City | 70 |
| Aberdeenshire | 190 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 150 |
| Dundee City | 271 |
| Eilean Siar | 284 |
| Falkirk | 514 |
| Fife | 985 |
| Glasgow City | 540 |
| Highland | 751 |
| Inverclyde | 475 |
| Moray | 653 |
| North Lanarkshire | 1,150 |
| Perth & Kinross | 605 |
| Renfrewshire | 3,247 |
| Scottish Borders | 690 |
| South Ayrshire | 360 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 2,000 |
| West Lothian | 250 |
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| Scotland Total | 13,185 |
Total capital funding available for tackling contaminated land in 2007-08 now amounts to £18.2 million. In addition to the £13.2 million being made available today, £5 million has already been announced for next year for capital works associated with implementation of the contaminated land regime.
These resources can be used for site investigations, remediation of council-owned land and dealing with sites where, because it is not possible to identify the polluter or owner, the council is required to carry out the work at its own hand.
All councils were invited to submit bids for projects aimed at addressing contamination causing unacceptable risks to human health or the wider environment. Priority was given to sites where there was evidence of contamination posing known, particularly serious, risk of harm.