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Motion · S6M-17851 · 6 Jun 2025

Welcoming Lottery Funding to the Solway Coast and Marine Landscape Connections Project

Lodged by Craig Hoy (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) Standard Motion 27 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the award of £1.4 million in development funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to the Solway Coast and Marine Landscape Connections Project; recognises that this project is the first in the UK to be supported under the Heritage Fund’s £150 million Landscape Connections initiative; welcomes confirmation that the grant will help unlock a further £6.4 million and enable the local community to deliver an extensive programme of habitat restoration right along the Dumfries and Galloway coast; notes that the funding will support a two-year development phase focused on restoring and protecting key coastal and marine habitats, including seagrass meadows, native oyster reefs, saltmarsh, coastal woodland and sand dunes along the Solway Firth, and that the project will take 10 years to deliver fully, and acknowledges that the project aims to deliver long-term environmental, cultural and economic benefits through habitat restoration, community engagement, green job creation, and the development of 120 miles of new coastal trail.

Supporters (27)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.