The Scottish Government is searching for a contractor to deliver the £18 million A90/A96 Haudagain Improvement Project.

The scheme involves building around 500 metres of new dual carriageway connecting the A90 North Anderson Drive and the A96 Auchmill Road.

Other features include reducing congestion and improving journey time reliability, as well as improving road safety and providing new pedestrian/cycling routes through the local area.

An advance site preparation works contract will also be procured in the coming months, with work scheduled to begin in early 2018 ahead of main construction.

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Transport Minister Humza Yousaf said: "Today marks a major milestone in delivering relief for drivers and communities across the North-east area.

"Starting procurement on this much needed improvement now, highlights the Scottish Governments commitment to tackling the bottleneck at Hauadagain roundabout and will ensure that we are ready to hit the ground running as soon as the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is open to traffic.

"Completion of the AWPR will take traffic away from the streets of Aberdeen and improve air-quality to some 75,000 houses, that coupled with the removal of the bottleneck roundabout at Haudagain, will deliver improved journey times for strategic and local traffic bringing much needed relief to road users and communities in the north-east."

(LM)