SCOTTISH plant firms could be set to benefit after the Scottish Government announced plans to invest heavily in the nation’s infrastructure over the coming years.
Published alongside the draft Scottish budget 2026-27 and Scottish Spending Review, the draft Infrastructure Strategy sets out the vision for how the country’s infrastructure must evolve to meet the challenges and opportunities of the next decade.
The Scottish Government said investment will be underpinned by £30 billion capital spending over the Spending Review period to March 2030 with specific plans worth £11.1 billion outlined in the Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline. Further projects will move into the pipeline as business cases are approved.
Plans include:
- £4.1 billion public investment to support delivery of 36,000 more affordable homes
- Targeted investment across the NHS estate, improving resilience and enabling modernisation of both property and services
- £1.2 billion in renewing rail fleet and ferry vessels and associated enabling works
- Investment in work to dual the A9 between Perth and Inverness
- More than £700 million in HMP Glasgow and HMP Highland to increase prison capacity and transform rehabilitation
- Investment in natural infrastructure, with close to £300 million in peatland restoration and woodland creation
Finance secretary Shona Robison said, “Infrastructure is essential to Scotland’s health, economy and environment. It underpins the crucial public services that people rely on every day.
“To ensure Scotland’s infrastructure remains responsive to our evolving needs we must make smart, strategic choices: renewing and adapting our asset base, investing in prevention, and leveraging private investment where appropriate.”
A consultation on the Infrastructure Strategy will run until 5 May.
