Willmott Dixon has submitted a tender to build a new £17.2 million primary school and nursery campus in Dundee.

If accepted, work on the Lothian Crescent/Longhaugh Road scheme will be carried out by Robertson Construction.

Designed by Holmes Miller Architects, the development will house two schools and a nursery in the city, replacing St Luke's & St Matthew's, St Vincent's and Longhaugh primary and nursery schools.

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The new schools are designed over three-storeys for a maximum combined roll of 868 pupils and a 95 full time equivalent (FTE) three to five year olds at the nursery. A separate nursery area for up to 30 FTE. two year olds is also included in the project.

Vehicles will get access to the main school from Lothian Crescent where there will also be a pupil drop-off and service yard car park. There will be an additional pupil drop-off facility on Longhaugh Road.

Will Dawson convener of the council's development committee, said: "It's great to see this tender being brought forward and with it a new school campus coming a step closer.

"Work is already completed and well underway on similar projects in other parts of Dundee so it is good to see progress being made in the north east of the city."

(LM)