Garthdee Controlled Parking Zone meeting update
Ian Yuill
Liberal Democrat councillor for Mannofield, Airyhall, Braeside, Broomhill, Garthdee, Kaimhill and Ruthrieston Learn more
South Anderson Drive verges must be reinstated
Garthdee Controlled Parking Zone update
Garthdee Controlled Parking Zone meeting update
South Anderson Drive verges must be reinstated
Garthdee Controlled Parking Zone update
Bridge of Dee – consultation on possible replacements
by Ian Yuill on 16 May, 2016
A month-long consultation has just begun on three options for the possible replacement of the Bridge of Dee.
You can find out more about the options on the council’s website. Two public exhibitions with information about the different options are also being held at:
- Inchgarth Community Centre – Tuesday 17 May, from 12pm to 8pm
- South Holburn Church – Wednesday 18 May, from 12pm to 8pm
Please be sure to have your say.
5 Comments
Regarding the Dee crossing, Whatever is done, it will be the same for the roundabout and people crossing, has anyone thought that underpass’s would be the answer, as then the traffic has no lights to stop and start them, so it would : go with the flow:.
I’m afraid your suggestion sounds too much like common sense.
Ralph, both a tunnel and a flyover were looked at during an earlier stage in this whole process. One of the issues with a tunnel was that, because of the differences in levels, it would have to be a very long tunnel starting well south of the Dee and not surfacing until a fair way north of the Dee.
Go with option 7 we have been waiting since the fifties when it was first proposed. Also upgrade Anderson Drive to be a proper dual carriage way with a proper central reservation between Broomhill roundabout all the way up to the Seafield Road roundabout. At the moment it can be quite dangerous with cars stopping in the outside lane to turn right into their homes.
Option 6a/b and 7 are more or less the plans that were rejected back in the 1980s with a little extra landscaping.
Neither were considered acceptable/adequate back then and they don’t IMO add much by way of improvement now. Creating another bottleneck on Garthdee Road and slinging a new bit of road between two established throttle-points won’t improve things at all.
And what happened to the last decade or so of telling us that the opening of the AWPR would lead to a reduction in traffic capacity round here? Or is this the clearest admission yet that the route south of the river will be a failure?