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Free night buses to key destinations across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire are to operate on Hogmanay to help revellers get home from the city centre after the bells.

Aberdeen City Council is paying First Bus to operate the 10 routes from 12midnight on 31 December 2024 to about 3am on 1…

Night buses to key destinations across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire are to be reintroduced this weekend by Aberdeen City Council – and they’ll be free of charge.

After a tendering process, the Council has contracted the 10 routes out to First Bus which will operate them from the city centre…

Following a procurement exercise for a supported bus service between Kingswells and the city centre, Aberdeen City Council has awarded a contract to McGill’s Buses to run the service. 

The service will operate up to every 30 minutes at peak times and up to every 60 minutes at off-peak…

Aberdeen City Council has implemented new digital ways to pay for parking across the city.

From today (22 July 2024) a new virtual (digital) parking permit system has been introduced, allowing the Council to begin the phasing out paper permits.  

This means that residents and…

An online consultation has started to gather public views on proposals to improve the routes for walking, wheeling and cycling between Westhill and the city centre via Skene Road.

A route along the main road has been identified along with alternative parallel routes for cycling in the…

A roads service budget of £10.684million was today agreed at committee for Aberdeen’s roads to cover road and pavement repairs, safe routes to schools, lighting improvements, repairs to bridges, and flooding and coastal protection.

Aberdeen City Council’s Net Zero, Environment, and…

Enforcement of a ban on pavement parking in Aberdeen is to start on 1 July 2024 after agreement at a council committee today.

The move by the Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee will ensure the safety of people in wheelchairs, people with pushchairs or buggies, or those with…

A consultation is to be held on the potential of hundreds more streets across Aberdeen becoming safer with the expansion of a 20mph speed limit into built-up areas.

 

The Council’s Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee today approved the move after a report to members…

The current route on Greyhope Road to reach Torry Battery and Greyhope Centre and Café is to close to general traffic but will remain open to pedestrians, cyclists, and one-way vehicle access to the allotments.

The closure is due to risks to the existing road of instability in the nearby…

A new segregated walking, wheeling, and cycling route in Aberdeen which will improve active travel opportunities is open and ready for use.

The improvements along Craigshaw Drive between the Shell Path and Wellington Road have extended the cycle network through West Tullos to Wellington…

A section of Deeside Way – the former railway line – and adjacent woodland area in Culter are to be closed from tomorrow so that felling operations can take place on dangerous trees.

The works are going to take place in the section from Pittengullies Brae to Culter Station and at Lovers…

 

An in-person exhibition is being held next week alongside an online exhibition to update the public on the current designs for the Aberdeen South Harbour Link Road project.

 

The proposed route would include a new bridge over the Aberdeen to Dundee railway line, 2.…