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- Work carried out 2001 - 2004
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Consultation: Route Comparisons
Approved Route and Northern Leg Options
Approved Route and Northern Leg Options
Kirkhill
Environment
- Pros - Limits noise, vibration and severance at Kirkhill Industrial Estate
- Cons - Adjacent to Kirkhill Forest
Engineering
- Pros - Avoids upgrade to Kirkhill Industrial Estate access road
- Cons - Rock cut required
Traffic
- Pros - Provides relief to A947 and A96, Best A96 junction
- Cons - No major route choice traffic constraints
Central
Environment
- Pros - Considered one of the best in environmental terms
- Cons - Passes close to Sites of Special Scientific Interest (S.S.S.I.s), Highly visible junction with A947
Engineering
- Pros - Initial soils investigation has shown this route has the better soils to use for construction work, reducing the need to import soils from other locations.
- Cons - No major route choice engineering constraints
Traffic
- Pros - Provides greatest relief to A947 through Dyce and Parkhill from North
- Cons - No major route choice traffic constraints
Bucksburn
Environment
- Pros - No major environmental benefits
- Cons - Passes close to Perwinnes and Grandholm Mosses, Impact on Rowett Research Institute
Engineering
- Pros - Best river crossing of the River Don
- Cons - Requires tunnel in residential area, Difficult construction of a railway overbridge
Traffic
- Pros - Highest predicted WPR flows
- Cons - Provides least relief to A947, A96 and Haudagain junction
South
Environment
- Pros - No major route choice environmental benefits
- Cons - Passes close to Perwinnes Moss, Highly visible junction with A947, Creates ecological barrier between river and Parkhill Wood
Engineering
- Pros - No major engineering advantages
- Cons - Length of works within the flood plain
Traffic
- Pros - Provides greatest relief to A947 through Dyce and Parkhill from North
- Cons - No major route choice traffic constraints
Consultation Exercise Jan - Feb 2003
Western Peripheral Route Stage 2
Consultation now ended
Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council have been working towards developing a route corridor for the Northern leg of the Western Peripheral Route.
Stage 1
At the Stage 1 consultation exercise the public were given the opportunity to air their views on whether the suggested route options were the right options to take further to the comparative assessment stage.
Investigative Stage 2
The responses from this Stage 1 consultation exercise were included in the investigative Stage 2, which is comparative environmental, engineering, traffic and economic assessment of the Stage 1 route options.
From these assessments the North East Strategic Planning Committee approved consultation of three routes:
Public Consultation Exercise
The stage 2 public consultation exercise took place from 7th January - 14th February 2003.
