A busy Aberdeen road has been closed for several months as part of a major £1billion housing development.
The 3,000-home Stewart Milne project at Countesswells includes 750 affordable properties, as well as a new secondary school and two primary schools, parks, leisure and healthcare facilities and space for businesses.
The development will be phased over 15 years with hopes of boosting the local economy and supporting 1,000 construction jobs in the north- east.
A number of road closures have been announced which could cause major disruption for many commuters.
Countesswells Road has been closed between its junctions with Cults-Kingshill and the Craigton Road until July 9.
This is due to the installation of utilities for the new development.
An alternative route is available via Kirk Brae, the Friarsfield Road, the Craigton Road, and Springfield Road.
From August 19 to December 16, the Kingswells roundabout to Cults will be closed to all motorists except for access between the Kingswells roundabout and the route’s junction with Blacktop Road.
Earlier this month Jim Fitzsimons, the project director of the development, insisted the closures were necessary due to how isolated the Countesswells site was from vital utilities.
He said: “The site at Countesswells is sitting all on its own, which in some respects is fabulous because it’s surrounded by fabulous environment, but the downside is that it basically has no services at all.
“So we need to bring in all the services like gas and water, and at the same time take in power and drainage, so it’s inevitable that we’ll have to close some of these roads in the short term.
“It’s going to be a small new town and the total community will be about 7,000 people.
“We’ve got a town centre which will have the usual shops, a supermarket, and we’re looking to integrate schools and a new health centre.”
A Stewart Milne spokesman said yesterday the company did not want to comment further on the road closures.
