The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is due to be fully open by late autumn, with the first sections open to traffic in the next few weeks.

That was the news when I met recently with Transport Scotland, the construction joint venture (the CJV), and the assistant managing agent for the project.

They are still building the new bridge over the Don but otherwise the project is in the final stages of construction.

The first section to open to traffic will be from Goval to Blackdog, which will be in the next few weeks. The next section will be Blackdog to Tipperty, then Craibstone to Stonehaven / Charleston. The last section to open will be Craibstone to Goval over the Don.

When completed there will be 58km of main road, 40km of side roads, and 30km of access roads. Around 1.4 million trees will have been planted when the project is completed.

Transport Scotland will be holding a fun day on Saturday 8th September at the Dee crossing with a day for cyclists on Sunday 9th September. There is more information about this here.

Land which had been required for the construction of the road is now being returned to landowners as the construction sites wind down.

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