Issue - meetings

(i)       in relation to page 599 of the report and the section regarding Stoneywood Road, to note that while provision of more bus shelters there had not been an option which had been considered, that officers could consider this with partners in the Bus Partnership in future;

(ii)       similarly in relation to the section to Stoneywood Road, to note that officers would liaise with Councillor van Sweeden in respect of her comments on covered bus stops and cycle tracks in this area should the report be approved;

(iii)      to note the outcomes of the Detailed Appraisal (Appendix 1) undertaken for the A947 Multi-Modal Transport Corridor Study;

(iv)      to agree that the measures described in paragraph 3.7 of the report as relevant to the Aberdeen City area, formed a preferred package of active travel improvements on the A947 Bucksburn Roundabout to Parkhill Junction corridor;

(v)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to report an Outline Business Case for the elements of the preferred package within the city boundary to the Finance and Resources Committee at the earliest opportunity; and

(vi)      recognising that there was currently no funding identified for this project beyond Outline Business Case stage, to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to work with NESTRANS to identify potential funding sources.

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director City Regeneration and Environment which provided an update on a preferred package of active travel improvements as part of the Multi-Modal Transport Corridor Study for the A947 Bucksburn Roundabout to Parkhill Junction corridor, and sought approval for the next steps.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the outcomes of the Detailed Appraisal (Appendix 1) undertaken for the A947 Multi-Modal Transport Corridor Study;

(b)      agree that the measures described in paragraph 3.7 of this report as relevant to the Aberdeen City area, formed a preferred package of active travel improvements on the A947 Bucksburn Roundabout to Parkhill Junction corridor; and

(c)      instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to report an Outline

Business Case for the elements of the preferred package within the city boundary to the Finance and Resources Committee at the earliest opportunity.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       in relation to page 599 of the report and the section regarding Stoneywood Road, to note that while provision of more bus shelters there had not been an option which had been considered, that officers could consider this with partners in the Bus Partnership in future;

(ii)       similarly in relation to the section to Stoneywood Road, to note that officers would liaise with Councillor van Sweeden in respect of her comments on covered bus stops and cycle tracks in this area; and

(iii)      to approve the recommendations contained in the report, with an additional recommendation (d) recognising that there was currently no funding identified for this project beyond Outline Business Case stage, to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to work with NESTRANS to identify potential funding sources.