BBC - The £315m Inverness
City Region Deal has been formally signed off in a ceremony in Invergordon.
Representatives from Highland Council along with Scottish economy secretary Keith Brown and UK minister Andrew Dunlop attended the event.
Announced in March last year, the
deal involves direct funding and greater borrowing powers.
There has been criticism that
the funding package will not benefit the wider Highland area.
The signing ceremony
in Invergordon included an agreement to release £12.25m of funding on three
projects.
These are the
Science Skills Academy STEMD, which is a a network of "science rooms"
to promote learning in science and engineering, and the University of the
Highlands and Islands' School of Health, Social Care and Life Sciences.
Also, a land
remediation project which aims to make vacant land at Inverness' Longman
available to businesses.
Other spending
planned at a later date includes about £15m to turn Inverness Castle from a
criminal and civil courts building into a tourist attraction.
Source: BBC News
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