Aberdeen City Council's Road Resurfacing Programme for 2013-14 gets underway today, with motorists being warned to expect delays.

Work is set to begin on a stretch of Great Northern Road – one of the city's main roads.

A budget of almost £4m has been set aside for roads-related works, with more than £2m specifically for road surface improvements.

Between now and the end of May, resurfacing work is planned for Great Northern Road, Kingswells Crescent, Riverside Drive, Don Street in Woodside, Victoria Road, Bressay Brae and Hilton Avenue.


Further works are planned across the city throughout the remainder of the year.

Almost £2m has been set aside for a range of other roads-related projects, including:

• £500k for the continued upgrade of traffic lights and pedestrian crossings city-wide

• £300k for street lighting improvements by primarily replacing ageing lighting columns

• £232k for Cycling, Walking, Safer Streets projects to improve road safety and reducing accidents

• £50k for road safety schemes – primarily small-scale traffic schemes, lining and signing

• £512k for footway and pavement resurfacing

• £100k for drainage works

• £50k for road sign replacement

• £50k for for weak bridge repairs and major bridge works

• £100k for flood prevention schemes

Council Leader Barney Crockett said: "We're making a big investment in the city's roads and infrastructure and I am delighted that after what has felt like a very long winter, we are now in a position to begin resurfacing many of the city's damaged and failing roads."

(JP/CD)