Sportscotland has granted a £500,000 cash boost towards a sports facility project in East Dunbartonshire.

The community sport hub is being developed in partnership with the council and the East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture (EDLC) Trust at Huntershill. It includes a full-size all-weather sports pitch with floodlighting and fencing, a sports pavilion with 10 changing rooms, a recreation hall, three floodlit all-weather tennis courts and a six-lane athletics track.

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Along with external funding, the project is supported by the council's capital programme.

Councillor Alan Moir said: "I am delighted to welcome this significant funding boost from sportscotland for the Huntershill project.

"It's a great way to truly kick off 2016 and will help us to realise a long-cherished dream at Huntershill – providing a new, purpose-built home for a variety of sports and leisure pursuits."

Stewart Harris, Chief Executive of sportscotland, added: "It is fantastic to see the hub ethos right at the heart of this exciting new project at Huntershill and we are delighted to invest £500,000 to help the dream become a reality."

(LM/JP)