A90 Aberdeen Western Peripheral

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Type: Bypass or realignment for use by all traffic
Status: Preparation of legal orders and public inquiry
Authority: Transport Scotland
Cost: £ 395m
Finance: Scottish Executive and local authorities
Timescale: 2004-2012
Length: 29.0 km (18.0 miles)

Scheme Outline

Construction of a new dual two-lane grade separated bypass to carry the A90 around the western side of Aberdeen. The actual designation of the road is yet to be announced but A90 is by far the most likely candidate. The northern section went to extra consultation and has now been confirmed as swinging out of its way around the north of Aberdeen to rejoin the A90.

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Progress

14 April 2003	'Central' route is chosen for the northern section of the bypass.
14 October 2004	The Scottish Executive has now given approval for this route to go ahead.
14 April 2005	The preferred route is the source of much controversy (see links below) as it runs through the grounds of a special needs school.
14 December 2005	The full route has now been chosen, avoiding the special needs school that was the source of much controversy. The new route will include a southern section linking directly to the A90 Stonehaven Bypass.
14 May 2006	The Scottish Executive announces that the preferred route will include the southern 'fast link' to the A90 Stonehaven Bypass.
14 December 2006	Draft Special Road orders are published for the new road, which marks the start of the formal public consultation. It is also announced that the southern 'fastlink' connection to the A90 Stonehaven Bypass will be dual carriageway, and not single carriageway with overtaking lanes as originally announced.
14 June 2008	The public inquiry into the scheme is now expected in August 2008. £6m has reportedly already been spent on Compulsory Purchase Orders on affected property.
23 April 2009	The BBC reports that 'ministers are not likely to be able to determine an appropriate route for the planned Aberdeen bypass until the summer'.
21 December 2009	The bypass has finally been approved by Scottish ministers. The cost is now estimated at £395 million.
9 May 2010	Reports of legal challenge by Road Sense campaign group could push the VERY optimistic completion date of 2012 back another year, according to the Press & Journal.
21 May 2010	The BBC reports that the total cost of preparatory work and compulsory purchases associated with this project have now reached £100m. Construction has still not started!
5 January 2011	A legal challenge to the bypass is to be heard in the Court of Session in February 2011.
23 February 2011	The legal challenge to the bypass by campaign group Road Sense began yesterday.
11 August 2011	The legal challenge to the new road has been rejected. It is not yet known whether or not the objectors will appeal against the decision.
31 August 2011	Campaign group Road Sense has voted in favour of a new legal challenge to the bypass. Meanwhile, an online petition calling on Road Sense to allow the bypass to proceed has already gathered over 8,000 signatures.
8 September 2011	Road Sense's new legal challenge may not reach court until 2013, according to the Scottish Courts Service. Meanwhile, the online petition in favour of the bypass has now gathered over 13000 signatures.
14 September 2011	A date has been set for Road Sense's latest appeal against the AWPR, after Scottish ministers pressed for the case to be considered as a matter of urgency. The court hearing will now take place in Edinburgh from 13-16 December 2011. The appeal may still be dropped if the anti-road campaigners are unable to secure an agreement to have their legal expenses capped.
30 October 2011	The appeal hearing will go ahead in December, after a judge agreed that the legal costs of the objectors would be met.
29 February 2012	The latest legal challenge to the new road has failed, it was announced today.
1 March 2012	Roadsense has until 1st April 2012 to appeal against the decision. After that there should be nothing stopping from building the bypass.
12 April 2012	Press reports indicate that Road Sense will take their appeal to the Supreme Court.
17 April 2012	Although the appeal lodged by the opponents of the scheme has been thrown out by Scottish courts, Road Sense now plans to take the case to the UK Supreme Court.
29 April 2012	The UK Supreme Court hearing will take place on 9-10 July 2012.