A £30 million project which would see almost half of a West Lothian school demolished and rebuilt has been put forward as the fastest and cheapest option to tackle crumbling concrete in the building.
West Lothian Council’s Executive has backed plans which could see the council asking the Scottish Government to meet a third of the projected £30m bill to replace the CDT block at St Kentigern’s Academy in Blackburn after aerated concrete, known as RAAC, or Siporex, was found in roof panels.
The school has already had to decant pupils and staff to temporary classrooms following the discovery earlier this year of faulty roof panels.
