Excerpt from ShetlandTimes

Superfast broadband is just one of the welcome additions to future isles life as outlined in the Scottish government’s Infrastructure Investment Plan (IIP), announced last week.

Nationally the IIP will inject significant capital investment in healthcare, education, transport and the environment over the next five years, as a further £2 billion has been added to the plan since the draft version was published in September.

Highlights include £110 million for digital public services transformation and £60 million for climate adaptation of the trunk road network.

The plan also outlines investments including: £2.3 billion for healthcare, £2 billion for education and learning facilities and around £1.5 billion towards transport, including over £550 million for active travel infrastructure projects and £12 million for coastal change adaptation.

Closer to home investment in the Highlands and Islands includes £30 million in delivering the National Islands Plan, over £6 million to Highlands and Islands Enterprise to deliver the Green Jobs Fund and strengthened connectivity and a future-proofed superfast broadband network through the £600 million R100 programme.