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An independent report issued by Centre for Cities today (Wednesday 20 November) has revealed that Aberdeen ranks 7th for spending by overnight visitors in UK cities.
Its report, ‘Spending time: the role of the visitor economy in UK cities’ showed that, with an average of £…
Aberdeen City Council has today, in the context of the ongoing construction works on Union Street and around the New Market development, made a number of changes to traffic priorities in the city centre. …
Major works upgrading part of Union Street to include more pavement space and an entrance for the new market building are to start this month.
The works to the Union Street Central area - between the Market Street and Bridge Street junctions – will make it…
Children and young people are to receive encouragement to get involved in shaping Aberdeen’s city centre and beachfront masterplan from an unusual source – a pair of animated seagulls, Dave and Sam.
The savvy seagulls, not to be confused with…
Union Street’s central section will be closed this Sunday (4 February) as part of works for the City Centre Masterplan.
The central section of Union Street, between Bridge Street and Market Street, will be closed from 10am on Sunday and will involve some road and pavement closures…
Almost 600,000 bus passengers a month are now experiencing better journeys because of the new bus priority routes in Aberdeen city centre.
Two months on from their introduction, new figures from First Aberdeen and Stagecoach show the bus gates are already delivering measurable benefits…
Planning applications have been submitted to create new areas at Aberdeen beach which would be attractions in their own right, complement existing natural areas, and have been shaped by the city’s youngsters.
The applications, for a…
A new bus priority route in Aberdeen’s city centre is due to go live tomorrow after roadworks for it and Scottish Gas Networks works on Union Terrace and emergency Scottish Water works at the bridge on South College Street have been…
An updated design for incorporating buses and a segregated cycle lane for the entire length of Union Street as part of the City Centre Masterplan was today agreed by a council committee.
The…
A group of three young people addressed Councillors in this week’s full council meeting to speak about their involvement in the city centre masterplan.
The young people came from a group of thirteen who worked with professional theatre practitioners and visual artists during the…
Another step forward in infrastructure improvements to the city centre has been agreed after the Full Council approved a raft of recommendations.
Members agreed…
Work starts next week to remove the straight-ahead lane onto Guild Street as part of a new road layout in the city centre which will create a bus priority route.
The work…