MASON WELCOMES £2.8 MILLION INVESTMENT FOR GLASGOW'S EAST END

MASON WELCOMES £2.8 MILLION INVESTMENT FOR GLASGOW'S EAST END

FUNDING WILL SUPPORT REDEVLOPMENT OF DALMARNOCK STATION

John Mason, SNP candidate for Glasgow East, has warmly welcomed today's
announcement by the Scottish Goverment of an investment of £2.8 million to
support a major redevelopment of Dalmarnock station in Glasgow's East End.

Finance Secretary John Swinney announced the allocation of European
funding, which will transform Dalmarnock station into a key transport hub
in time for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014.

Welcoming the news, Mr Mason said:

"The redevelopment of Dalmarnock station is exactly the kind of investment
that the East of Glasgow needs. As well as providing a crucial transport
hub for the visitors to the Commonwealth Games, this development will bring
lasting benefits for the people of the East End, greatly improving
transport links to this part of the city and supporting the wider
regeneration of the whole area in the long term.

"By providing ease of access to a wider range of transport choices, the
new Dalmarnock station will encourage more people to come and make their
homes in the East End and help to secure the lasting Commonwealth Games
legacy that the SNP government has made a priority from the very day that
Glasgow won the Games.

"John Swinney's announcement today shows once again that this SNP
government is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to
supporting jobs and communities in Glasgow."