Aberdeen City Council has been paid compensation for damage caused to local roads during the construction of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
Road officials have been given cash from Transport Scotland to pay for repairs on four sections of the local network following extensive use by heavy bypass construction vehicles.
However, the work to fix the roads will not be carried out until the £745 million project is completed.
It is understood the repair bills could prove extremely costly.
A response to a freedom of information request to the local authority, however, said the exact amount of agreed compensation was “commercially sensitive information”.
North-East MSP Peter Chapman said more should be done to address the issue of damage caused by AWPR construction.
He said: “I am pleased to see that Transport Scotland has paid compensation to Aberdeen City Council for damage caused to local roads during the AWPR works.
“However, these payments must be extended to roads crossing the boundary into Aberdeenshire as well.
“Local councillors have rightly raised concerns about the impact of HGV usage of B roads that simply were not built to withstand that sort of pressure.”
A Transport Scotland spokesman said: “the arrangement between Aberdeen City Council and the contractor for the project, Aberdeen Roads Limited, is a private agreement between those parties and therefore it would be inappropriate to comment on any associated compensation.
“We are aware that both parties held regular meetings and that Aberdeen Roads Limited obtained all relevant permissions for use of the existing road network when required.
Councillor Ross Grant, transport spokesman for the city council, said: “As a council we have invested £75 million in the AWPR as part of our significant wider programme of infrastructure improvements throughout the city.
“We recognise the importance of the project and have been an active partner.
“Part of the project has been ensuring the existing city road network is protected and through the construction there have been regular video condition surveys carried out.
“Where damage is identified, mechanisms are in place to ensure the council is compensated and repairs carried out.”
