capital programme

Nestrans has been awarded just over £2.5 million in 2011-12 by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils to fund strategic transport improvements across the region.  

The funding is being allocated to:

Rail - £20,000
Minor accessibility improvements at various railway stations within the North East.  Typical proposed measures include nosing strips on footbridge steps, tactile bands at base of steps, colour contrast strips on barriers, dropped kerbs and resurfacing of an access ramp.  

Strategic Road Capacity Improvements - £310,000
Preliminary design and footprint for Berryden corridor improvements and Third Don Crossing design.  Investigation into a segregated left turn lane from Great Southern Road to Stonehaven Road and implementation of traffic signal optimisation system for vehicle and pedestrian flows at the junction of Guild St/Wapping St. 

Strategic Road Safety Improvements - £238,000
Land acquisition for future year construction schemes following on from previous years Route Action Study on the A947.  Further option appraisal work to replace the existing roundabouts on Wellington Road at the junctions with Hareness Road and Souterhead Road with traffic signals, as proposed in the Access to Aberdeen from the South Study.  Contribution to a stacking lane on the A94 at Milton of Crathes.  Installation of a toucan crossing and footpath over the north arm of Kingswells roundabout to assist cyclists and pedestrians and a vehicular safety barrier along the south side of Riverside Drive from the railway bridge westwards, adjacent to Duthie Park.

Strategic Road Prioritised Maintenance - £808,000
Implementation of strategic road prioritised maintenance schemes, including resurfacing of the southbound carriageway on A956 Ellon Rd from The Parkway to Balgownie Road.  Structural edge repairs and resurfacing on the A947 from Newmachar to Whiterashes and resurfacing on the A98 Smiddybone to Kindrough, Portsoy. 

Bus Improvements - £443,000
Specimen design, planning application and compulsory purchase order for A90 (S) Park & Choose site.   Construction of bus lane on King St from East North St to Union St on the Bus Punctuality Improvement Partnership Buchan - King Street corridor.  Bus lane extension on Holburn St on the approach to the Bridge of Dee and extension to timings to existing bus lanes on Holburn St.  Replacement or provision of bus timetable display cases within Aberdeen City and Shire to allow for display of standardised region wide improvements to timetable information.  Additional external waiting facilities at Ellon Park & Ride and an upgrade to the turning circle to accommodate 15m vehicles.  Improvements to the junctions at Links Rd/Beach Boulevard and Jesmond Dr/Scotstown Rd.

Transport Interchange - £356,000
Contribution towards land purchase and phase 1 construction and accommodation work at Inverurie Interchange.

Walking and Cycling - £390,000
Further funding allocated towards provision and upgrading of strategic Core Paths.  Construction of phase 1 of the A96 Aberdeen - Blackburn path, the Haudagain and Auchmill Rd sections.  Construction of new shared cycle/footway South Harbour Rd from A90(T) to Cemetery Road in Fraserburgh.  Upgrade existing hardcore surface to bitmac on Banff to Whitehills Cycleway - Banff Links to Redwell Roads.  Links into the town centre in Peterhead via York St and cycle stands and info panels and cycle lanes along Meethill Road.  Installation of cycling infrastructure such as dropped kerbs, signing, lining, maps, cycle training and publicity in a community within Aberdeen City.

Various - £8,000
Install signing and lining of Car Club parking bays in Aberdeen City Centre and launch of the Car Club.

The capital programme is managed by the Nestrans Executive team, with the projects being delivered by officers in the two councils.  Progress reports are made to each Nestrans Board on the delivery of the programme and budget monitoring.