Aberdeen grants go-ahead to Broad Street overhaul
October 11 2016
This will see a number of streetscape improvements carried out including a water feature, raised planters, tree planting and seating with traffic restricted to buses only.
Informal pedestrian crossing points will be denoted by tactile paving in contrasting materials to allow use by the visually impaired
As part of this work improvements will be made to lighting at Marischal College and capacity will be factored in to convert the route into a venue for programmed events throughout the year.
In a statement the Council said: “The plans include the shared pedestrian/cycle pavement extending towards Union Street with the existing Caithness paving, the traffic lights at Upperkirkgate and Gallowgate to be removed and replaced with a shared surface for vehicles and a roundel (a mini-roundabout with a road surface feature that indicates roundabout driving rules apply and pedestrians are given priority), and a Toucan crossing (pedestrian/cycle crossing) created at the Union Street/Broad Street junction.”
The Broad Street project forms part of the City Centre Masterplan and is being funded through a developer obligation of Muse, who are currently delivering the mixed use Marischal Square project.
Work is expected to get underway in February for an August completion.
7 Comments
#1 Posted by Dave on 11 Oct 2016 at 11:00 AM
Yawn...
#2 Posted by Matt on 11 Oct 2016 at 12:43 PM
Feel like i have been hauled back to 1982...
#3 Posted by A Local Pleb on 11 Oct 2016 at 20:21 PM
Its great that they are looking to overhaul this area but the proposals are as exciting as the drab grey granite.
#4 Posted by Dearie Dearie Me on 15 Oct 2016 at 14:38 PM
What an inviting place that will be . . . no sunlight/warmth, no views to speak of, winds funnelling through to/from Union Street and down off of all the high buildings, exhaust fumes from all the idling busses . . . at what point to ACC admit they dropped the ball on this one?
Why not put this out to competition, what could possibly go wrong!?
Why not put this out to competition, what could possibly go wrong!?
#5 Posted by Dave on 17 Oct 2016 at 10:00 AM
@#4 - Indeed, where was the public contracts notice for this? We get notifications for all types of design/construction projects that go out to a public contract tender, such as this should have been unless it was done in-house. Don't remember seeing any notice...
#6 Posted by Lorraine Higgins on 10 Oct 2023 at 15:46 PM
This happened on Union street disabled people and oap could not walk for a mile to a bus stop either top of Union street to the the end of Union street what it did encourage beggars junkies sitting drinking etc as for the big stupid planters a target for but ends cans thrower inn happened in Union street will happen in broad street do t put the big useless planters or benches there instead why not just make it fo4 bikes mobilty scooters no planters benches the water falls are okay
#7 Posted by Tony Field on 10 Oct 2023 at 20:52 PM
#6.....,,,!!!??? Help yourself to some punctuation.
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