Traffic and Travel

Rail bosses have agreed to meet a local politician over controversial timetable changes affecting Mearns stations.

A survey seeking the views of Aberdeenshire residents and communities to identify travel priorities and preferences is being launched later this month.

A councillor is stepping up his call for the installation of safety barriers along the A92 near Newtonhill.

A major road in Stonehaven, shut last month due to subsidence linked to flood protection work, has reopened ahead of schedule.

Improvements will start later this week on three sections of the A90 near Stonehaven.

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a ban on tractors driving on the new Aberdeen bypass after research suggested that the relevant legislation was repealed more than 25 years ago.

A number of poorly performing, council-supported bus services around Aberdeenshire are to be withdrawn or reduced from April.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