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Battle rages over vital NE transport link
05/01/09 14:30 Filed in: Granite
Chips
A
cross-border battle is raging over the funding of the new Forth
Bridge. But, is it worth fighting over this vital link in the
transport network for North-east Scotland? Read More...
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Third world roads
09/12/08 16:48 Filed in: Granite
Chips
Recent
frosts have turned the roads of Aberdeen City and Shire into a
network of car breaking potholes. Read More...
Bus lanes fines increase? Let's have a rethink.
08/08/08 09:48 Filed in: Granite
Chips
So Aberdeen City Council plans to
increase fines for driving in bus lanes to £80. What is the
justification? Where is the proof that by strangling traffic flow
on our arterial routes we are providing benefit for our citizens...
the electorate? Read More...
Road works nightmare again, 18 months later
05/08/08 19:09 Filed in: Granite
Chips
It is just 18 months since everyone
was seething over the long-running road works in
Market Street, surely one of the busiest streets in Aberdeen
city centre. When the work was finally completed everyone breathed
a sigh of relief – particularly those who found themselves trying
to conduct a business in the middle of the chaos. Read More...
Haudagain action? But is it flawed?
19/06/08 19:20 Filed in: Granite
Chips
Are we actually going to see some
action over one of Scotland's worst traffic black spots? The
infamous Haudagain roundabout has been accused of costing the
country between £15 and £30 million in lost time, delayed
deliveries and wasted fuel, let alone the undoubted diversion of
trade away from Aberdeen. Read More...
Direct USA flights are good news for Aberdeen
03/09/07 09:57 Filed in: Granite
Chips
At the
time when the Offshore Europe Exhibition is about to open its
doors, the news that Aberdeen will finally have a direct air link
with Houston, Texas, starting in January is excellent news.
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Transport hits the headlines in Aberdeen, yet again
31/08/07 16:15 Filed in: Granite
Chips
Transport seems to be constantly in the headlines
in Aberdeen. Perhaps it is no wonder considering how our transport
infrastructure was largely ignored during the period when the North
Sea Oil industry baled out UK plc. Read More...
Delay for the Aberdeen by-pass is a disappointment
29/06/07 10:38 Filed in: Granite
Chips
The announcement by the Minister for
Transport, Stewart Stevenson, that the completion of the Aberdeen
Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) would not now be until 2012 is
extremely disappointing. But it is not
surprising.
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Don't let us have a North/South battle
30/05/07 10:47 Filed in: Granite
Chips
The suggestions (probably mischievous)
that the Scottish Government is planning to ditch the massively
expensive plans for trams and a rail link to Edinburgh Airport in
favour of dualling the A9 road to Inverness have been orchestrated
to try and create conflict. The schemes should be looked at on
their merit. Read More...
Haudagain needs a flyover
27/03/07 11:46 Filed in: Granite
Chips
In response to the
Evening Express transport survey in which 55% of all
respondents identified the Haudagain roundabout (junction of the
A90 south, A90 north and A96) as the worst traffic blackspot in
Aberdeen and the call by 75% of respondents for a flyover or
underpass, the
paper reports Transport Minister Tavish Scott as
saying that the option is being considered. Read More...
A96 upgrade overdue
15/03/07 11:48 Filed in: Granite
Chips
As someone who will usually take roads
like the Lecht over to Tomintoul rather than brave the dreaded A96,
it was good to hear the First Minister Jack McConnell say that he
believed the A96 should "probably" be the next priority for
upgrading. (Of course, one has to recognise the timing of his
comments, just weeks before a parliamentary election at which he
hopes Labour will have enough support for him to serve a new term
as First Minister.) Read More...
Toll taxes - a reprieve
12/03/07 11:49 Filed in: Granite
Chips
In something of a U-turn (hope he
checked U-turns were allowed before carrying out the manoeuvre)
Tavish Scott, the Scottish Transport Minister, has apparently said
that the toll tax will not fall on Scotland's road users for at
least four years. Read More...
Road work blues
14/02/07 11:50 Filed in: Granite
Chips
If, like me, you recall a fanfare at
Christmas time about the road works on Market Street being
completed, you may also have found out how much of a false dawn
that was Read More...
Chancellor avoids hammering road users, for now!
18/12/06 11:53 Filed in: Granite
Chips
Putting 1.25p on a litre of fuel will
hit businesses and hauliers in the North East very badly, but it
could be seen as road users getting off lightly. Certainly, all the
green campaigners who have been baying for motorists to be squeezed
till their pips squeaked, have been clamouring to get on the media
to tell us so. Read More...
Airport set for take off!
16/12/06 11:50 Filed in: Granite
Chips
Transport really is making the
headlines recently, now with the news that Aberdeen City
councillors have approved the 300-metre runway extension at
Aberdeen Airport. This clears the way for a massive redevelopment
of the airport to allow it to take transatlantic flights and
possibly even jumbo jets. Read More...
Transport to the fore
15/12/06 11:51 Filed in: Granite
Chips
The focus in the last few weeks has
been very much on transport, with the Eddington Review, the
National Transport
Strategy in
Scotland, the announcement of the draft orders for the Aberdeen
Western Peripheral Route and now the launch of Nestrans Regional Transport
Strategy for
North East Scotland. Read More...