Billions of pounds will be invested to ensure national
infrastructure continues to deliver for the people of
Scotland.
Published alongside the draft Budget 2026-27 and Scottish
Spending Review, the draft Infrastructure Strategy sets out the
Scottish Government's vision for how the country's infrastructure
must evolve to meet the challenges and opportunities of the next
decade.
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 – with at least 70% for social rent
- targeted investment across the NHS estate, improving
resilience and enabling modernisation of both property and
services
- £1.2 billion in renewing our 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 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.
“The First Minister has been clear about this government's
priorities – with economic growth, tackling child poverty,
meeting the challenge of climate change, and investment in and
reform of our public services at the heart of our drive to
deliver the infrastructure Scotland needs and deserves.”
Background
Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline
2026
A consultation on the Infrastructure Strategy will
run until 5 May.
