The preferred option for the Haudagain improvement scheme has been selected, it has been announced.

The design will now form part of a public exhibition about the project, and Transport Scotland is encouraging the local community to come along and view the plans.

The exhibition will be held in Aberdeen on 24 and 25 April.

Transport Minister Keith Brown said: "We are delivering on our commitment to make substantial improvements to the road network and reduce congestion for road users and recognise the effect that the bottleneck at Haudagain has on commuters using the A90.


"We remain on target for completing the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route in spring 2018, and are fully committed to commencing the improvement works at Haudagain then. We have made clear on numerous occasions that we need to await completion of the AWPR to avoid making the existing traffic congestion worse."

He continued: "The £3 million we have committed to the design work has allowed us to take work to a point where we are now able to identify a preferred option for Haudagain, and I met only last month with the Middlefield Area Regeneration Action Group and the local MSP where we had an open and positive discussion around plans for the area.

"Transport Scotland officials are continuing to work closely with council officials, who are responsible for the Middlefield Regeneration scheme, to identify a joint programme to take forward both projects together.

"We want local residents and road users alike to benefit from proposed improvements to Haudagain and later this month we will be unveiling those proposals. We would ask the public to turn up in numbers to see the plans for themselves and share their views."

(JP/IT)