Building Briefs - June 16th

  • Aberdeen starts consultation into review of City Centre Masterplan and beach

A public consultation has started into a review of Aberdeen’s City Centre Masterplan and the beach asking people to take into consideration how their views on the areas have changed due to coronavirus.

Building Briefs - June 16th

The consultation asks people to allocate points to indicate how important a potential improvement is. The specific areas for the city centre include Union Street, the west end, Schoolhill/Upperkirkgate/Belmont Street, and the Castlegate. People are asked to consider potential improvement projects in these areas and the expected impact of these is also given. For the beach, people are asked to consider sports and leisure activities, public spaces including connection to the city centre, and the Beach Ballroom.



The consultation comes after the CCMP review was agreed at city growth and resources committee last month. The City Centre Masterplan, which is designed to invigorate the area over 25 years with both public and private investment, was first approved in 2015 and there have been a number of achievements to date including the completion of Aberdeen Art Gallery, the Music Hall, Marischal Square, and Broad Street.

The public consultation is available at https://communityplanningaberdeen.pointsimulator.com/.

 

  • Council to consult on affordable homes plan for vacant Invergordon site

An online event will be held next week to allow the public to view and discuss proposals for the redevelopment of a key area of vacant land in Invergordon.



The site sits to the west of Castle Avenue and the proposal is to create up to 30 new affordable homes as a first phase of a wider development which would provide a range of tenure opportunities.

The online session will take place on June 24 at 7pm.

Anyone wishing to take part should forward their name, address, and email address to Cromlet@highland.gov.uk by June 21 in order to be sent a link to join.

In the meantime, anyone with any questions or queries can email Cromlet@highland.gov.uk.



 

  • Flood study for Rothesay

Argyll and Bute Council has commissioned a flood study for Rothesay to further investigate and understand the flood risks.

The study will include a review of the existing flood protection scheme, which will investigate how water seeps and pools behind the seawall. There will also be consultation with Scottish Water about how their local systems operate.



The council will also be looking at how local properties can withstand flooding incidents. From June 21, it has commissioned consultants, Aspect, to carry out a topographical survey which will include checking property threshold levels.

The surveyor will not need access to the properties included in the survey. This work will be completed from the outside by picking up doorway levels on individual properties.

Additional investigations at this stage of the flood study will include ground investigations along the seawall, and CCTV surveys of the culverts are being planned for July.

 



  • Future improvements planned for Dundee’s Lochee Road

Future measures that could potentially cut congestion and improve air quality on one of Dundee’s main routes are set to be discussed by councillors next week.

A number of options for Lochee Road including junction widening and improvements to active travel will come under the spotlight.

Recent traffic studies have shown that on average there are 22,000 vehicle movements on Lochee Road every day, with the Dudhope Terrace and Polepark Road junctions the primary congestion points.



The committee will be told that three options have been considered to resolve these issues – a £150,000 reconfiguration of the current road layout, a £5.6m road widening scheme at the two junctions to provide additional lane capacity and an £18.9m dual carriageway option between the Dudhope roundabout and Rankine Street.

Councillors will be asked to give the go-ahead for secondary air quality work to be carried out by SEPA to inform a future decision on the most effective option.

A Lochee Road corridor active freeway feasibility study is also underway and scheduled to be completed next year. It aims to identify a strategic route between Lochee and the City Centre that can accommodate segregated walking and cycling. The findings will be reported to the committee when the study is complete.

The city development committee meets on June 21.


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