Work is continuing on a £3.2 million project to transform Broad Street in Aberdeen.

The City Centre Masterplan scheme aims to revitalise the street by making it pedestrian-priority, as well as improving the streetscape and turning it into an area capable of staging events throughout the year.

With work now scheduled to complete at the end of next month, new signs are being erected on Upperkirkgate and the Gallowgate this week in preparation of the street reopening. The signage on Upperkirkgate will remind motorists that Upperkirkgate and the Gallowgate are normal roads so vehicles are not allowed to stop and drop people off.


Cllr Marie Boulton said: "It's fantastic the new pedestrian-priority area in the city centre is to be open soon.

"The area will make the east end of the city centre more attractive to visit and live, alongside the new facilities in Marischal Square, the redeveloped Art Gallery and Cowdray Hall with new roof-top café and galleries, revamped Union Terrace Gardens, and landscaping at Schoolhill in front of the gallery.

"This also contributes to our plans for realising the benefits of the AWPR (B-T) when it opens soon, by helping making the city centre a destination that people want to come and spend time in with events including Spectra, the Tour Series, and the Great Aberdeen Run.

"We appreciate this is the first time we'll have a pedestrian-priority street in Aberdeen and it may take people time to get used to how to use it so we'd ask everyone using the area to be mindful of others.

"I'm looking forward to seeing how the area will get used as we already have noticed an increase of people coming to the area to admire the stunning Marischal College building, the elegant Poised sculpture, and also spend time in restaurants and bars."

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