Over £13million for capital road improvement works for the 2021/22 financial year has been approved by Aberdeen City Council’s city growth and resources committee.

The money will be used for 16 types of improvements ranging from bridge repairs to safer routes for walking and cycling to new LED lampposts.

They include £392,000 for traffic lights and pedestrian crossings, £3,146,000 for lighting improvements, reserve lighting improvements (for approval if required) £1,001,000 for Cycling Walking Safer Routes, £600,000 for pavement resurfacing, reserve pavement resurfacing (for approval if required), £2,288,000 for road resurfacing, reserve carriageway resurfacing (for approval if required), £90,000 for drainage works, reserve drainage programme (for approval if required), £230,000 for weak and major bridge repairs, £30,000 for road sign replacement, £1,360,000 for flooding and coastal protection schemes, £1,457,500 for the A92/A96 detrunked section programme, reserve list for A92/A96 (for approval if required), £3,000,000 for additional investment in roads capital allocation 2020/21, and £105,000 for NESTRANS-related works. The total value of the capital works is £13,699,500.

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The budget includes £4m for 2021/22 which is part of a £10m of additional funding for roads which started to be spent from 2018/19 onwards. This additional capital funding was 2018-19 - £500,000 (completed), 2019-20 - £2.5m (completed), 2020-21 - £3m (partially completed and remainder carried forward to 2021/22), 2021-22 - £4m.

Councillor Douglas Lumsden, convener of the city growth and resources committee, said: "We look forward to seeing the improvements around the city with the capital works programme for roads, pavements and bridges."