Aberdeenshire Council have announced temporary road closures, restrictions and diversions to allow for essential resurfacing of the A97 Sandyhill Road junction in Banff.

Although the works will cause some unavoidable disruption for the local community and for traffic travelling through Banff, efforts will be made to ensure that traffic is re-directed as efficiently as possible.

In order to protect the travelling public and the workforce on site the resurfacing work will require a full closure of both Sandyhill Road and Bellevue Road throughout the day for the week commencing Monday 14 October.


Bellevue Road will remain closed for the week commencing Monday 21 October whilst further works take place.

For traffic travelling from the south towards Banff, the easiest diversion will be to use the B9025 at Blacklaw, and then take the A95 and A98 to Banff, adding only minimal time to your journey.

Access to properties will be maintained as far as possible and when safe to do so.

Resurfacing work can be affected by the weather or other unforeseen issues, therefore the dates indicated may be subject to change at short notice. Follow Aberdeenshire Roads on Twitter for the latest information - @AbshireRoads.

The local bus service will run an amended route and a temporary bus stop will be located on Whinhill Road as the stop on Bellevue Road will be out of service.

(MH/CM)