Investing in Scotland

£30 billion capital spending to 2030

Billions of pounds will be invested to ensure national infrastructure continues to deliver for the people of Scotland.

Published alongside the draft Budget 2026-27 and Scottish Spending Review, the draft Infrastructure Strategy sets out the Scottish Government’s vision for how the country’s infrastructure must evolve to meet the challenges and opportunities of the next decade.

Investment will be underpinned by £30 billion capital spending over the Spending Review period to March 2030 with specific plans worth £11.1 billion outlined in the Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline. Further projects will move into the Pipeline as business cases are approved.

Plans include:

• £4.1 billion public investment to support delivery of 36,000 more affordable homes – with at least 70% for social rent

• targeted investment across the NHS estate, improving resilience and enabling modernisation of both property and services

• £1.2 billion in renewing our rail fleet and ferry vessels and associated enabling works

• investment in work to dual the A9 between Perth and Inverness

• more than £700 million in HMP Glasgow and HMP Highland to increase prison capacity and transform rehabilitation

• investment in natural infrastructure, with close to £300 million in peatland restoration and woodland creation

“Infrastructure is essential to Scotland’s health, economy and environment. It underpins the crucial public services that people rely on every day.

“To ensure Scotland’s infrastructure remains responsive to our evolving needs we must make smart, strategic choices: renewing and adapting our asset base, investing in prevention, and leveraging private investment where appropriate.

“The First Minister has been clear about this government’s priorities – with economic growth, tackling child poverty, meeting the challenge of climate change, and investment in and reform of our public services at the heart of our drive to deliver the infrastructure Scotland needs and deserves.”

- Finance Secretary Shona Robison

Background

Infrastructure Delivery Pipeline 2026 - gov.scot

A consultation on the Infrastructure Strategy will run until 5 May.