Cumbernauld Community Campus Building News, New Scottish High School + Arts Venue
Cumbernauld Community Campus Building
High School and Arts Centre combined – developed by hub South West for North Lanarkshire Council
12 Jul 2017
Cumbernauld Community Campus Building
Cumbernauld Community Campus
Cumbernauld?s new Community Campus with high school and arts centre combined is set to get under way
An agreement to build a new £34.5m Cumbernauld Community Campus which will bring together a purpose-built high school and a new theatre and arts venue was reached on Thursday 29th June.
The Community Campus, to be built on the site of the existing Cumbernauld High School, will be home to a purpose-built secondary education facility accommodating 950 students following the amalgamation during the 2014/15 school session of Cumbernauld and Abronhill High Schools.
It will also house a new theatre and arts venue for the Cumbernauld Theatre Trust Ltd which will contain a 400 seat main auditorium, box office and digital arts room, as well as performance and event spaces, administrative and support spaces.
The project is the latest to be developed by construction and infrastructure-focused partnership, hub South West, on behalf of North Lanarkshire Council.
Cllr Frank McNally, North Lanarkshire Council?s Convener of Education, said: ?the new Cumbernauld Academy and Theatre campus will become a much valued asset for the area. It demonstrates our commitment to giving our young people th...