Stumble It!Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route orders published
11/09/07 12:51 Filed in: Forum
The publication today of the draft
orders for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, gives a clearer
picture of the final road due for completion in 2012.
The draft orders show that the number of houses needing to be demolished for the new road has been reduced to 13 and one junction has removed at the Kirkhill Industrial Estate beside Aberdeen Airport. The roads team say the Craibstone junction on the A96 will adequately service the Kirkhill area.
All the junctions on the 28-mile dual carriageway will be fly-overs or underpasses apart from the junction between the Stonehaven link, the Charlestown spur and the western section. Rather surprising this potentially busy junction will apparently be a roundabout.
The AWPR will link the A96 Inverness road and the A90 North to the A90 south, cutting 30 mins or more off peat-time journey times.
Due to a change in EU regulations, the original draft orders, published in December 2006, have had to be republished.
There will now be six weeks of formal consultation will now take place, including a further round of public exhibitions in October.
“Today’s publication is another important milestone in the development of the route," says Transport Scotland’s project manager for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, Graham Edmond, "confirming the layout and location of the junctions on the AWPR and alterations to the side roads.
“Many months of work have gone into refining these junctions to ensure that they are efficient in terms of traffic flow, cost effective and safe. All of the junctions have been tested against the anticipated traffic conditions 15 years after the opening of the road to make sure they are fit for the future.
“We look forward to welcoming people to the exhibitions again where they will be able to review all of the information and put questions to the project team.”
The final set of orders – the draft Compulsory Purchase Orders – will be published on Tuesday 25 September.
The consultation period on the draft road orders and the compulsory purchase orders will close on Friday 26th October 2007. Transport Scotland have made it clear that objections which were received as part of the first round of consultation remain valid.
The public exhibitions, which will be open from 10 am to 8 pm, are:
The draft orders show that the number of houses needing to be demolished for the new road has been reduced to 13 and one junction has removed at the Kirkhill Industrial Estate beside Aberdeen Airport. The roads team say the Craibstone junction on the A96 will adequately service the Kirkhill area.
All the junctions on the 28-mile dual carriageway will be fly-overs or underpasses apart from the junction between the Stonehaven link, the Charlestown spur and the western section. Rather surprising this potentially busy junction will apparently be a roundabout.
The AWPR will link the A96 Inverness road and the A90 North to the A90 south, cutting 30 mins or more off peat-time journey times.
Due to a change in EU regulations, the original draft orders, published in December 2006, have had to be republished.
There will now be six weeks of formal consultation will now take place, including a further round of public exhibitions in October.
“Today’s publication is another important milestone in the development of the route," says Transport Scotland’s project manager for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, Graham Edmond, "confirming the layout and location of the junctions on the AWPR and alterations to the side roads.
“Many months of work have gone into refining these junctions to ensure that they are efficient in terms of traffic flow, cost effective and safe. All of the junctions have been tested against the anticipated traffic conditions 15 years after the opening of the road to make sure they are fit for the future.
“We look forward to welcoming people to the exhibitions again where they will be able to review all of the information and put questions to the project team.”
The final set of orders – the draft Compulsory Purchase Orders – will be published on Tuesday 25 September.
The consultation period on the draft road orders and the compulsory purchase orders will close on Friday 26th October 2007. Transport Scotland have made it clear that objections which were received as part of the first round of consultation remain valid.
The public exhibitions, which will be open from 10 am to 8 pm, are:
- Monday 1st October: Stonehaven, St Leonards Hotel, and Bridge of Don, AECC
- Tuesday 2nd October: Charleston, Altens Thistle Hotel and Dyce, Skean Dhu Hotel
- Wednesday 3rd October: Milltimber, Waterwheel Inn and Newmachar, Newmachar Hotel
- Thursday 4th October: Maryculter, Ardoe House Hotel and Kingswells, Kingswells Community Centre
- Friday 5th October: Aberdeen, Cowdray Hall and Westhill, Holiday Inn
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