Eden Project Dundee Site Identified

That the Parliament welcomes the announcement that the Eden Project has identified its preferred site for Eden Project Dundee, at the former Dundee Gasworks on East Dock Street, and has signed a memorandum of understanding with the site’s owners; understands that the agreement between Eden, National Grid and SGN will enable the partners to explore the practicalities of converting the site into the Eden Project’s home in Scotland; notes that the agreement follows the completion of a six-month "pollination" process to establish feasibility for the creation of a new international-scale site; understands that the feasibility study was completed with the support of Eden’s partners, Dundee City Council, University of Dundee and Northwood Charitable Trust; believes that Eden Project Dundee will build upon the success of V&A Dundee and will further establish Dundee’s international reputation as a cultural and tourism destination; welcomes Eden’s prediction that the project will create 200 jobs, with an additional 300 indirectly created, and contribute £27 million per year to the regional economy, and recognises the ambition, vision and determination of the partners for driving forward the project during the COVID-19 pandemic.