Traffic and Travel

The final section of the Aberdeen bypass is not expected to open until January.

Transport Scotland has announced that new sections of the delayed Aberdeen bypass will open on Wednesday morning.

North-East MSPs have met Transport Secretary Michael Matheson to emphasise the urgency of work to ensure the Aberdeen bypass is opened as soon as possible.

The Scottish Government has been accused of “losing all control” of the Aberdeen bypass project.

A 7km section of the new Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route between Parkhill (Goval) and Blackdog Junctions is expected to open this week.

A weekend of community events will be held to mark the opening of the Aberdeen bypass.

The first section of trunk road to open on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is expected to be a new seven kilometre section between Goval and Blackdog.

Road users are expected to transfer onto a new section of the Balmedie to Tipperty carriageway next week as part of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie to Tipperty project.

Aberdeenshire Council’s summer programme of surface dressing works is now underway across the area and motorists are being warned of the risks of loose chips on newly dressed roads.

Buchan bus passengers are being reminded that certain services are being cancelled as of Monday, May 7.

A contraflow is expected to be in place on the A90 at Tipperty this weekend as part of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie to Tipperty (AWPR/B-T) project.

Drivers travelling on the A90 at Blackdog are expected to be diverted via the new slip roads for around five weeks from Friday evening to enable essential works to be carried out on the A90 carriageway.