Hillend and Donibristle Industrial Estate
Funding from the Edinburgh & South East Scotland City Region Deal is creating new industrial units at the Hillend and Donibristle Industrial Estate in Dalgety Bay.
Located on the West Way, eight new premises will be available to let to local firms – driving innovation, employment and business growth.
Cllr Altany Craik, Convener - Economy, Tourism, Strategic Planning & Transportation Committee, said: “It is great to see this next project in Fife’s ambitious City Region Deal programme get underway. The Fife Industrial Innovation Investment Programme is extending its footprint, with units finished in Glenrothes and nearing completion in Kirkcaldy, works underway in Dunfermline, and now here in Dalgety Bay. It’s an exciting stage as we are starting to see businesses getting the benefit of these modern units, creating jobs and helping the Fife’s economy recover from Covid-19.”
Cllr Alice McGarry, Convener - South and West Fife Area Committee, added: “Fife Council’s further investment at Hillend and Donibristle Industrial Estate through the Fife Industrial Innovation Investment Programme will complement the adjacent terrace of new units that were completed with help from the Longannet Task Force. We know from the businesses already in the area that it’s a great location for them, highly accessible and with a skilled local workforce – it makes sense to build more units here and I’m looking forward to seeing good jobs in good businesses when the units are finished next autumn.”
Construction work will be undertaken by Fife Council's own Building Services team.
It is expected the developments will be completed in autumn 2022.
Innovation Investment Programme (i3 programme)
i3 is a ten-year, £9.4m programme of developments and infrastructure improvements which will drive the creation of over 1,000 job.
The new developments in Glenrothes marked the first of these to be completed and will be followed by the construction of industrial units in Kirkcaldy, Lochgelly and Dunfermline initially.
To find out more, visit the website of Fife Council's Planning and Economic Development Team - Invest Fife: https://www.investfife.co.uk/who-we-are/city-region-deals/