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The Council’s Communities Committee [10 December 2019] will consider a report on its Capital Investment Strategy – Land Asset Class Capital Programme 2019/20 to 2021/22.
Committee members will be asked to:
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Note the financial and physical progress on the projects;
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Agree £7.5k expenditure at Sheuchan, Stranraer
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Agree £5k expenditure at Glebe Cemetery, Stranraer
The Council agreed its capital budget 2019/20 to 2021/22 in an indicative 10 year Capital Investment Strategy in February 2019.
Projects in this year’s capital land asset programme are progressing.
Projects include:
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Proposed new cemetery in Dumfries
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Early of Galloway Monument
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Inclusive play areas
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Cemetery headstones
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Sheuchan Cemetery, Stranraer
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Glebe Cemetery, Stranraer
Councillor Andy Ferguson, chair of the Communities committee, said:
“Land Asset investments from our Council’s Capital Investment Strategy such as these deliver a significant impact across our region, improving local assets and wellbeing.”
Councillor John Martin, vice-chair, said:
“These Land Asset Investments make a major contribution in our region. They enable us to maintain physical assets and deliver much needed new projects.”
