Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route

The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is a major infrastructure development proposed to take place on the outskirts of Aberdeen, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. First announced in January 2003, it was approved by ministers in late 2009. Construction began on 19 February 2015. It has been supported by the two local authorities and by NESTRANS, the statutory Regional Transport Partnership for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. The dual carriageway is projected to cost £745 million and create an alternative route from north to south Aberdeen, bypassing the city. Currently the only dual carriageway route from north to south is through the city itself, along the original 1930s bypass, Anderson Drive, which is unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles as they cannot cross the Bridge of Dee at its south end. The city has long since expanded beyond Anderson Drive, and a bypass for Aberdeen was first proposed in 1952. In 2012, following lengthy legal delays, the project was approved and construction began in February 2015 and is due to finish in 2018. The project also now includes an upgrade of the A90 between Balmedie and Tipperty, further north to dual carriageway. Congestion reliefThe proposed development has been designed to have a positive impact on traffic along routes which are congested during rush hour, particularly Aberdeen's Anderson Drive, King Street and Union Street. Other intentions of this project would be a slight reduction in traffic congestion on the bridges into central Aberdeen, which is sandwiched between the River Dee and the River Don, by reducing heavy goods vehicles that do not need to enter the city itself.

The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is a major infrastructure development proposed to take place on the outskirts of Aberdeen, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. First announced in January 2003, it was approved by ministers in late 2009. Construction began on 19 February 2015. It has been supported by the two local authorities and by NESTRANS, the statutory Regional Transport Partnership for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. The dual carriageway is projected to cost £745 million and create an alternative route from north to south Aberdeen, bypassing the city. Currently the only dual carriageway route from north to south is through the city itself, along the original 1930s bypass, Anderson Drive, which is unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles as they cannot cross the Bridge of Dee at its south end. The city has long since expanded beyond Anderson Drive, and a bypass for Aberdeen was first proposed in 1952. In 2012, following lengthy legal delays, the project was approved and construction began in February 2015 and is due to finish in 2018. The project also now includes an upgrade of the A90 between Balmedie and Tipperty, further north to dual carriageway. Congestion reliefThe proposed development has been designed to have a positive impact on traffic along routes which are congested during rush hour, particularly Aberdeen's Anderson Drive, King Street and Union Street. Other intentions of this project would be a slight reduction in traffic congestion on the bridges into central Aberdeen, which is sandwiched between the River Dee and the River Don, by reducing heavy goods vehicles that do not need to enter the city itself.