Decision details

(i)       to note that officers would circulate information to Members outwith the meeting on the number of cyclists using the Deeside Way;

(ii)       to note that officers would prepare a statement for Members to use when responding to constituent enquiries on roads winter maintenance and gritting, to include information on resource allocation between gritting and filling of salt bins, and the issues caused by freeze thaw;

(iii)      to note that officers were liaising with NHS Grampian in relation to data held on slips and trips and their locations;

(iv)      to instruct officers to highlight any specific changes to the winter maintenance plan in future reports;

(v)      to note that two new cycle paths had been opened by Aberdeen City Council in 2024 – South College Street and Craigshaw Drive and these had not been added to appendix G cycleways to be gritted in line with priority 2 footpaths;

(vi)      to approve the “Roads Winter Service Plan 2024/2025” (Appendix 1) with the addition of the two new cycle ways;

(vii)     to delegate authority to the Chief Officer - Operations, following consultation with the Chief Officer – Finance, to continue to deliver the Winter Maintenance Service; and

(viii)    to instruct the Chief Officer – Operations to hold an induction meeting on a date to be arranged, for elected members on the winter service process.