More than £300k is to be spent on new granite footpaths in Aberdeen City Centre.

The council has said the new surface will replace the old concrete slabbing in a historic part of the city, with the Green Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) funding the work on Adelphi Lane, Market Street and Guild Street.

The work will complement the £2.83m Green Streetscape Refurbishment which was completed in 2010, and the wider improvement and restoration works being carried out as part of the Green THI.

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The Green THI is a major, conservation-led scheme intended to regenerate Aberdeen's historic Green and surrounding area. Launched in 2009 and running until 2014, the initiative will enable the area to play a key role in city centre redevelopment. The revitalised Green will also have an important role in linking Union Street with the bus and railway stations and commercial developments south of Union Street.

It is anticipated that the planned additional footway improvements will provide improved pedestrian access to and from the Green, as well as along the Guild Street and Market Street corridors, encouraging and enhancing the use of the routes and access to public transport.

(JP)