The London 2012 Olympics and other major construction projects are being held responsible for the increased cost of two leisure projects.
South Lanarkshire Council have approved an extra £5m to redevelop a swimming pool and leisure centre after the initial tender prices shot-up.
Plans to replace Lanark Swimming Pool and refurbish Carluke Leisure Centre were due to cost about £6.7m.
The extra cash will come from the council's repairs and renewal fund.
A spokeswoman for the South Lanarkshire Council said: "The construction industry is being affected by a number of factors. This council, as with other councils, also affects the construction market due to the scale of its ongoing development programmes.
"There are a number of large scale developments taking place throughout Scotland and the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games are only two of a number of factors happening country-wide which have an influence."
In one of the projects a replacement swimming pool will be constructed at Lanark Pool. It was predicted to cost £5.3m but the most recent tender was for £9m.
Carluke leisure centre is to be refurbished and will include increased space for community leisure facilities. The initial estimate for the work was £1.4m but the most recent tender was for £2.8m.
The project teams for both developments had considered alternative design and procurement options but decided that there was no significant financial benefit for the council.
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