P站色情片 will submit bids to the UK Government Levelling Up Fund, to bring up to 拢70 million to P站色情片 and Bute for two major regeneration and transport projects.
One bid will be for an area regeneration/heritage town centre project, maximum 拢20 million, and the other a transport bid, for up to 拢50 million
The regeneration/heritage bid 鈥 titled P站色情片 and Bute Western Seaboard Marine Gateways - involves proposals for Rothesay and Dunoon.
The Rothesay proposal focuses on restoring and finding a new purpose for the former Royal Hotel that dominates the principal gateway to the island, along with public realm works, restoring historical features in the town centre, and net zero interventions such as EV chargers.
In Dunoon the focus is on restoration of the A-listed Dunoon Pier including a potential new berthing facility, improvements to the town centre/waterfront public realm, and net zero interventions.
The transport bid鈥 titled Connected P站色情片 and Bute 鈥 brings together 鈥榃hisky Islands鈥, 鈥楥onnected Helensburgh鈥 and 鈥楲orn Economic Growth Zone鈥.
The 鈥榃hisky Islands鈥 proposals include investment in the road network on Islay and Jura, and the replacement of the Jura Ferry with a larger hybrid or electric ferry, in an effort to deliver critical economic infrastructure that supports fragile island communities and also the nationally important whisky industry to expand in a sustainable way.
鈥楥onnected Helensburgh鈥 proposals focus investment on travel connections including the completion of the Dumbarton to Rosneath Cycle Way, community buses with a possible link to Glasgow Airport; and the structural repair of Helensburgh Wooden Pier including a modern berthing facility being reinstated.
The 鈥楲orn Economic Growth Zone鈥 includes developing a hydrogen fuel facility; transport capacity improvements including a hydrogen bus service, and investment in road infrastructure at Dunbeg, and between Salen and Tobermory on Mull.
Project priorities have been identified with public in-put through charrettes (meetings or workshops) or through the work done as part of the Rural Growth Deal or other initiatives. The tight timetable for delivery also limits what can be bid for in this highly competitive bidding process.
The submission date for bids is currently estimated to be Easter 2022.
Councillors considered a progress report on the bids鈥 preparation at the meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee today.
Councillor Robin Currie, Leader of P站色情片, said:
鈥淭hese initiatives, and this level of investment, would bring significant benefits to day-to-day life in our communities, and to the health of our economy. The bids are ambitious, as they have to be, to support P站色情片 and Bute to build prosperity.
鈥淥ur focus now is on working with our partners and stakeholders to develop these bids further to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.鈥