Nominations for the elections to the four community councils covering our area have now closed – with mixed results. In Braeside and Mannofield, eight people were nominated for the twelve available places. This means these residents are “elected unopposed” and will serve as community councillors for the next three years. You can find details of […]

I have asked the Roads Service to repair a faulty street light on Broomhill Road near Ruthrieston West Church. Please do let me know about any other problems with street lights in our area. Sign up here to receive more local news and information from Ian Yuill.    

After being contacted by a local resident, I have urged council staff to prune low growing branches from street trees on Hammerfield Avenue. Please do let me know about any other problems with street trees in our area. Sign up here to receive more local news and information from Ian Yuill.  

I have urged council staff to replace the badly damaged Morningside Lane street name sign at the junction of Morningside Lane and Cranford Road. I have now been told a new sign will be installed. Please do let me know about any other damaged street name signs in our area.

I have recently asked council staff to repair a number of damaged bollards in our area. These include bollards on Countesswells Road, Holburn Street and Garthdee Road. Please do let me know about any other damaged bollards, or damage to any street signs, in our area.

Thank you to everyone who has told me about potholes and broken areas of road surface over the last couple of weeks. It is very clear that, sadly, our local roads continue to deteriorate because of years of under investment by the Conservative / Labour controlled council. I have contacted the Roads Department about all […]

I have now received replies from council staff to the many enquiries I made on behalf of residents about problems with wheelie bin collections over Christmas and the New Year. Unfortunately the replies are all the same – with only the street or area name changed. This is the reply I received about problems with wheelie […]

After being contacted by local residents, I urged Bear Scotland to repair the badly broken surface of the northbound carriageway of South Anderson Drive at its junction with Great Western Road. Bear Scotland has now told me they will repair this road surface during week commencing Monday 22nd January. Sign up here to receive more news and […]

I have been contacted by residents from many parts of our area – including Airyhall, Braeside, Broomhill and Ruthrieston – about problems with wheelie bins not being emptied on schedule over the Christmas and New Year. There seem to have been particular problems with the brown wheelie bin collections which had been rescheduled from Christmas […]

You may have seen press reports that Aberdeen City Council may change household wheelie bin collections from once a fortnight to only once every three weeks. Aberdeen’s Liberal Democrat councillors would oppose changing to collections once every three weeks. Residents’ Survey I would like to hear what you think of the current domestic waste and […]