The final four households awaiting rehoming as part of the multimillion-pound upgrade of Aberdeen’s most notorious roundabout could be relocated by the end of the year.
The city council is in the process of moving residents from 136 properties close to the Haudagain bottleneck to make way for the first phase of Transport Scotland’s £30million project.
Local authority officers are now in the process of speaking to the remaining residents and hope to have found them new homes by the end of December.
Martin Smith, area housing manager for the council, said in a report: “Officers have revisited each of the remaining households individually with a view to re-examining their options with the aim of increasing opportunities for an earlier transfer.
“In addition to this, we recently commissioned Shelter Scotland to provide the necessary independent advice and advocacy work to each of the remaining cases so that each of these households can be appraised of their options in the hope of finding a satisfactory outcome before the calendar year end deadline for ensuring a clear site for Transport Scotland.”
Construction of the Haudagain improvement scheme is scheduled to start at the end of 2017, following the completion of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR).
Gordon Graham, the vice-convener of the city council’s communities, housing and infrastructure committee said: “Progress is going well.
“The important issue is twofold.
“We must make sure these people are rehoused, and we must make sure that the Haudagain improvements are delivered as per the agreement with the Scottish Government.
“The improvements will be part and parcel of the road infrastructure network that we are moving towards, which includes the AWPR, the Berryden Corridor, the Third Don Crossing and of course the Haudagain.
“All of these improvements will help to alleviate the traffic problems we have all across the city.”
Affected tenants will be entitled to home loss and disturbance payments.
