Traffic and Travel

Four bridges on the A957 Stonehaven to Crathes Slug Road will be closed while essential maintenance is carried out this summer.

Transport Scotland has signalled the start of ground work at a notorious junction in the Mearns.

A local politician is seeking a meeting with ScotRail bosses following timetable changes and disruption on the East Coast main line impacting on services in the Mearns.

A local politician has urged ScotRail bosses to ensure that passengers from Laurencekirk are not “cut off” from the main Aberdeen-Glasgow service.

Five weeks of maintenance are under way at the A90 Cowie Bridge at Stonehaven.

A North-east MSP has again questioned a ban on tractors driving on the new Aberdeen bypass after research suggested that the relevant legislation was repealed more than 25 years ago.

A number of poorly performing, council-supported bus services around Aberdeenshire are to be withdrawn or reduced from April.

An MSP has called for clarity on the completion of the AWPR after the Transport Secretary suggested contractors could be “cutting corners”.

Two new bus services will start later this month using the AWPR.

A local politician has called on the Scottish Government to go “back to the drawing board” on a promise to improve rail links between Aberdeen and the Central Belt.

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

Mearns councillors are hosting a public meeting next week to discuss the impact of road closures in the area.

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

The next phase of a £350,000 project to safeguard the embankment beside the A90 at Bridge of Muchalls is due to get under way next week.

A local MSP has asked the Scottish Government to declare when it will start a Mearns fly-over local people have been waiting for 14 years.

Work started this week to install monitoring equipment on a Mearns road bridge as part of efforts to protect it from the impact of heavy vehicles using it in contravention of weight limits.

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.