Issue - meetings

(i)       to note the findings and outcomes of the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) Part 2 Report – Aberdeen Cross City Connections Appraisal;

(ii)      to agree that the Public Transport options C1, C2 and E1 and all the Active Travel options identified in the STAG Part 2 report (and listed in Appendix 1) for Aberdeen Cross City Connections are approved for further development work subject to future funding being identified to progress these proposals; and

(iii)      to agree that officers work to secure external funding to allow the continued development of the schemes agreed in (ii) above.

With reference to article 29 of the minute of meeting of Communities, Housing and Infrastructure Committee of 24 May 2017, the Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning which provided information of the outcomes of the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) Part 2 report submitted by Peter Brett Associates for Aberdeen Cross City Connections.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)       note the findings and outcomes of the Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) Part 2 Report – Aberdeen Cross City Connections Appraisal;

(b)       agree that the Public Transport options C1, C2 and E1 and all the Active Travel options identified in the STAG Part 2 report (and listed in Appendix 1) for Aberdeen Cross City Connections are approved for further development work subject to future funding being identified to progress these proposals; and

(c)       agree that officers work to secure external funding to allow the continued development of the schemes agreed in (b) above.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations.