Aberdeen City Council is to update residents on how the city is being shaped for the future.
The initiative, known as Shaping Aberdeen, is a long-term plan which aims to build on establishing strong foundations, demonstrate the city's strengths and carry out ongoing improvements within the area. The developments will affect both residents and businesses.
Shaping Aberdeen will outline and promote a range of projects, including new council-led housing developments, schools, roads infrastructure, regeneration projects, the Aberdeen Hydrogen Bus Project and the proposed AECC. It will also keep the residents of Aberdeen informed on how funds are being invested in the various programmes of work, as well as how the work is progressing.
Aberdeen Council Leader, Jenny Laing, explained: "Aberdeen has experienced considerable growth and investment in recent years and it is broadly recognised that if that growth is to be sustained, we must act now and deliver what the city needs.
"We are already doing that through our Strategic Infrastructure Plan, which has identified five key priorities: housing, transport, connectivity, city image, and skills. The SIP is not only deliverable, but is also achievable and costed. We have spoken a lot about what the council will do to shape and improve Aberdeen for the future. Now we are going to show what the council is achieving.
"We are moving into the delivery stage and I think it is important that our council tax and rates payers can see at a glance where their money is going. Shaping Aberdeen will showcase these essential projects to the public and let them see what and how much is being achieved and what our city is capable of."
She continued: "Regeneration is a key priority for Aberdeen. It is about more than new buildings, houses and schools – it's about people and communities. Shaping Aberdeen is also about people and communities.
"It will help us as a local authority to communicate directly with them about a broad range of topics through a variety of means, including Facebook, Twitter, direct emails, marketing campaigns, and by broadcasting Council meetings live – allowing people to see democracy in action as decisions are made about the future of their city."
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