Investments to help all ages in Administration’s draft budget

More than £22 million is proposed to be spent on the area’s roads and bridges over the next three years as part of Scottish Borders Council’s draft financial plan (February 13th).The Administration’s budget plans, to be considered at a meeting on Tuesday 20 February, include a five year revenue plan of £1.3bn and a ten year capital plan of £294m.The Administration’s budget includes:£2.1m over three years for new and improved outdoor community spaces£0.282m for a community policing team to prevent low level criminal activity and deal with issues such as parking£4.8m for a specialist dementia residential facilityOver £22m investment in roads and bridges over three years, with £79m planned investment over the next 10 years£89m to improve the school estate over 10 years£8.3m contribution to the £41m Hawick Flood Protection Scheme£2m towards the re-opening of Reston Station£0.799m to support the regeneration of Eyemouth£1m to assist in delivering town centre regeneration£2m for road safety works at the A72 Dirtpot Corner in 2018/19A range of savings proposals are also included in the budget plans, ranging from reducing energy usage and staff travel to changes to working practices.