A series of road resurfacing projects are getting under way across Aberdeen as the council spends an extra £1million on fixing the city streets.

The money is being used to carry out repair work in mostly residential areas. It will be split between: footways (£65,000); replacing street lanterns (£50,000); road lining (£20,000); gully clearing (£100,000); patching (£25,000); permanent patching (£60,000); joint sealing to preserve the road surface (£20,000); central reserve chipping (£60,000); city centre repairs (£50,000); and resurfacing (£550,000).

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Work funded from the capital budget is being carried out on many of the city's strategic routes and this is likely to continue for many years to come, but less has been spent on roads which are less strategically important roads, which are now in real need of attention.

Resurfacing work has already been carried out on Summerhill Drive, Harlaw Road, and Viewfield Road.

Enterprise, Planning and Infrastructure Convener Kate Dean said: "Pot holes and damaged road surfaces are a source of irritation for many in Aberdeen, but they are a fact of life in a city which attracts some of the harshest winter weather conditions in the UK.

"This extra £1million will go a considerable way to improving smaller streets in less-heavily trafficked areas."

(GK)