An Aberdeenshire road is to be closed to allow a new junction and pedestrian underpass to be built as part of the £18m Third Don Crossing project.

The new junction is to be built on Grandholm Drive and a pedestrian underpass will be developed on the east side of the new road.

The Third Don Crossing project requires the construction of two major bridges, with the first being a 26m skew span reinforced concrete bridge over the Mill Lade at Grandholm Village and the second a 90m span steel box girder bridge over the River Don.

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The development will see the construction of a new single carriageway link road between the Parkway/Whitestripes Road junction and the Tillydrone Avenue/St Machar Drive junctions, including the construction of the new bridges.

Work on the project began in August 2014.

Councillor Ross Thomson said: "We genuinely appreciate these works will cause some inconvenience for local people, especially those who live in the Grandholm Village area. Residents can take comfort from the fact that this is only for a very limited time so we can construct the new junction and underpass.

"The Third Don Crossing will transform city connectivity making it easier for local people to travel in and around the city, and it will ease congestion as well as bring exciting new opportunities through further investment and economic growth."

(LM/JP)