Shawfair
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Shawfair is the name of a new town planned to be built on the site of the former Monktonhall Colliery in the south-east wedge of Edinburgh. The name is derived from a local farm steading of the same name. Although it is within the boundary of the city-bypass, it won't technically be a suburb of Edinburgh as it is outwith the city council boundary and instead will actually be wholly within the Midlothian council area.
In 2005 Midlothian Council, Edinburgh City Council and Miller Developments created a joint venture, Shawfair Developments Ltd, to work on the scheme.
Shawfair railway station will be one of the new stations to be built on the reopened Waverley Line.
Construction work has begun on Shawfair Park, a new business park for approximately 25,000 sq.m. of offices and ancillary uses together with a new park and ride for Edinburgh. Phase 1 of the new business park completed in April 2008. Although as of late 2007, work on Shawfair itself has yet to begin.
The Minewater Project, an experimental scheme to provide geothermal energy was to be based in Shawfair. However the business case was not economically viable.
