Issue - meetings

(i)        to refer the content of the report to the 16 November 2017 meeting of the Education and Children’s Services Committee for inclusion within the report on the proposals being considered to provide pupil transport to and from Lochside Academy; and

(ii)       to ensure that appropriate consultation takes place with stakeholders prior to this Committee meeting.

With reference to Article 28 of the minute of the meeting of Council on 15 March 2017, the Committee had before it a report by the Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure which advised and updated members on the work carried out by officers in relation to a motion by Former Councillor Finlayson at the Council meeting on 15th March 2017.  The motion was:

To instruct the Interim Director of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure to arrange for the carrying out of feasibility study on a safe route to school for all pupils attending the new Lochside Academy. The Interim Director should include in the options for either a pedestrian bridge over, or a pedestrian underpass under Wellington Road dual carriageway in the vicinity of the A956 Wellington Road/Souter Head Road roundabout.

It is essential to consider these options due to the fast moving very large volumes of traffic, including HGVs, currently using Wellington Road which will substantially increase with the opening of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route vehicles serving the new Recycling Plant, the new Energy from Waste Plant and the new Harbour.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee –

(a)       Note the content of the report; and

(b)       Instruct officers to implement an at-grade Toucan crossing over A956 Wellington Road, as originally stipulated in the planning consent, as it is the most suitable option in terms of providing a safe route to the new Lochside Academy for pupils.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)         to refer the content of the report to the 16 November 2017 meeting of the Education and Children’s Services Committee for inclusion within the report on the proposals being considered to provide pupil transport to and from Lochside Academy; and

(ii)        to ensure that appropriate consultation takes place with stakeholders prior to this Committee meeting.