A further £12 million is to be invested to create a new 'all-through' campus at Carrick Academy in South Ayrshire.

The additional funding has been approved as part of the council's eight-year £237 million capital programme for 2018/19 – 2025/26.

Key features include;

• More than £43m strategic investment in ICT

• £3m more in 2018/19 for road reconstruction and improvement

• £1m to support Maybole town centre regeneration

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• £750,000 to support the implementation of 20 mile per hour speed limits in towns and villages

• £855,000 to improve public toilet provision

A further £12m for the new campus at Carrick Academy takes the budget to more than £19m, as part of a total investment package of more than £74m in the education estate,

Council Leader Douglas Campbell said: "What we have agreed today (02 March) is an unprecedented budget for this Council – a budget that has been shaped by our people, for our people.

"It's the outcome of consultation and engagement with thousands of people across South Ayrshire who took the time to have their say – and who we have listened and responded to. As a result, this budget genuinely balances the resources we have with the services and facilities people want and need, and I want to thank those people for their participation."

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