Ten projects in Scotland are to share almost £180m of UK Government ‘levelling up’ funding.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he wanted to “build a future of optimism and pride in people’s lives”.

The projects sharing £177m in Scotland are:

• £27m for a new ferry between Shetland and the Fair Isle
• £20m to help turn Arbuthnot House in Aberdeenshire into a museum and library as well as modernising Macduff Aquarium
• Refurbishment of the Palace Theatre in Kilmarnock, costing £20m
• Re-routing of the A78 dual-carriageway to improve Greenock – £20m
• Regeneration of Riverside Park in Fife (£19.4m) and the Forthside area of Stirling (£19m)
• £14m multi-storey car park redevelopment in Dundee
• More than £9m for regeneration work in Cumbernauld
• Nearly £11.3m to free up land at a former coal-fired power station

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