SCOTTISH Water today insisted that the future of its Fairmilehead site will not be decided for another three years – despite the city council saying it is in "well advanced" negotiations over buying the site to build a new high school.
The council has just finished consulting with parents over plans to modernise Boroughmuir High School, putting forward two proposals – either redeveloping on the current Viewforth site or building a new school on the treatment plant site at Fairmilehead.
The majority of parents seem to favour the redevelopment option as they believe it is the most realistic – and the comments from Scottish Water appear to strengthen their claim.
The utility company will have 25 acres of surplus land when it moves to Glencorse in 2011, but it says it won't be making a decision on the future of the site until then.
A
spokesman for Scottish Water said the company has been "in discussion"
with the city council over ten acres of its land. But he added: "We are
happy to continue to work with the City of Edinburgh Council over its
aspirations for a possible new school, however by no means has the
future of any surplus land been decided.
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