Contaminated Land Disposal
An ambitious scheme to clean up a former colliery contaminated land site in West Lothian is finally set to go ahead.
West Lothian Council has approved the hire of a private firm to carry out the contaminated land disposal at Riddochhill Bing, Blackburn.
A consortium of Waystone Ltd and Hall Construction Services Ltd has been selected as the preferred bidder for the project.
Ownership of the site will be transferred to the joint venture project once the agreement has been finalised.
The council owns 40 hectares of land at Riddochhill and it will contribute £380,000 from its contaminated land budget towards the scheme. The estimated cost of the development, including rehabilitation and site servicing, is between £8 million and £10m.
Councillor Willie Dunn, convener of the council’s enterprise and development committee, said: "This is an ambitious scheme to clean up contaminated land and create development sites for business and industry. Due to the scale of investment required the project is being promoted as a joint venture between the council and a private sector partner.
"The council will be entitled to a share of the profits from this scheme and income generated will be invested in other contaminated and brownfield projects."
Source: The Scotsman, April 20th 2005
