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
Committee discusses proposed new bridge over the Dee
by Ian Yuill on 29 January, 2017
The 24th January meeting of Aberdeen City Council’s Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee discussed a report from council staff about the possible new bridge over the River Dee near the Bridge of Dee.
I support building a new bridge over the Dee as this will:
- Increase the capacity of the bridges over the Dee
- Make is safer for cyclists and pedestrians to cross the river
- Make it possible for buses to cross the river near the Bridge of Dee and so make bus links there possible
- Put an end to HGVs being diverted along Riverside Drive, Riverside Place and Holburn Street
I made it very clear at the committee meeting that I did not support two of the possible options for a new bridge (options 6 and 6a) which would lead to a vast increase in traffic using Garthdee Road and the loss of part of RGU’s campus.
4 Comments
Dear Ian,
I am in my parents’s home in Holburn Street – bought by them in 1953/4 and I have witnessed so many proposals put forward and then the community is let down by planning.
I remember when it was first muted that a parallel bridge would be built alongside the original medieval bridge and then guess what – Boots got priority!!!! We must at last sort out this dreadful bottle neck and frustration that is encountered by motorists and pedestrians. More and more HMO accommodation and more student accommodation is planned for our area – that means more pedestrians crossing dangerous roads. It seems cars are more important to Aberdeen planners than enhancing our environment. Again, arguments will occur within our council and no progress will be made. Citizens are indeed frustrated with the lack of vision that is not cafes, hotels and offices.
Sorry to rant but I feel enraged that we the community are not seen as important or of value. Rosemary Paterson
This should all have been sorted when there was major consultation regarding development of the old Richards site as well expansion of the RGU campus downstream from Grays / Scott Sutherland.
Boots, Curry’s, B&Q, Sainsbury’s and ASDA the RGU should have contributed to the easing of traffic congestion due to their business activities.
Sadly the council allowed all the expansion to go ahead and now five + (?) years later go back to ‘new bridge’ consultation
There is only one sensible and practical option – your selection, but as always why has it taken so long? The additional Community and Business cost caused by unnecessary delay, far outweighs the Capital cost.
As a Trunk Road, will ACC be fully reimbursed for the whole construction costs?
John, there is a very complicated and detailed process that has to be followed before any major road scheme can go ahead – the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG). This is currently being worked through. Failure to follow STAG can result in legal challenges which would ultimately delay a project even further.
As for paying for a new bridge, by the time it is built it will not be part of a trunk road. Once the Western Peripheral Route opens in about 12 months time the Bridge of Dee, along with Anderson Drive and other trunk roads within Aberdeen, will be “detrunked” by the Scottish Government and responsibility for them will pass to the city council.