AWPR Appeal rejected

[Jambo85]

Interesting blog post - can't be sure how factual it is but it all seems to fit with other things we know.

https://www.roads.org.uk/blog/whats-wrong-aberdeen...

[Pooh]

snowandrocks said:

Another artic buried in the Cleanhill roundabout at 4am this morning. Hopefully the planned rumble strips won't be long!

Why on earth did they put a roundabout there rather than a proper bridged junction like all the others?

[Jambo85]

^ I have been wondering the same. Can only assume it was cost related, was the fast link a late addition?

Incidentally, the Dyce traffic of an evening is now the worst I have seen it in years. It also seems to involve an influx of uncouth motherfkers who don’t respect the merging that we do at each end of the road past Dyce Juniors!

Mornings aren’t much better and the merge in turn coming into Dyce on the A947 is carnage.

[ABZ RS6]

Due to open fully next week now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-...

We shall see........

[abzmike]

They’ve used the ‘expect’ word!
But looks pretty positive.

[Jambo85]

Nice one! A bit of respite in Dyce this week thanks to school holidays, but still pretty grim!

[Hilts]

Short video from the EE here.

Where is the shot taken at about 1:50 in?

[Peanut Gallery]

Hilts said:

Short video from the EE here.

Where is the shot taken at about 1:50 in?

The section with the deep cuttings and the two bridges over the road looks like just north of the river Dee, the second bridge is the A93.

I think.

[Hilts]

Peanut Gallery said:

The section with the deep cuttings and the two bridges over the road looks like just north of the river Dee, the second bridge is the A93.

I think.

I think you're right, thanks.

[Jambo85]

Michael Mathewson has tweeted it’ll be Tuesday it opens.

[Helicopter123]

Jambo85 said:

Michael Mathewson has tweeted it’ll be Tuesday it opens.

Tuesday according to the BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-...

Finally!

[Peanut Gallery]

Helicopter123 said:

Jambo85 said:

Michael Mathewson has tweeted it’ll be Tuesday it opens.

Tuesday according to the BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-...

Finally!

BBC article said:

"subject to operational planning".

[Baron von Teuchter]

Lot more traffic on it today (I join at Craibstone, going to Charleston) but it was all flowing smoothly.

Lunchtime run to Balmedie and back I think!

[abzmike]

Is it all open? I’m away this week otherwise I would see for myself!

[Captain Benzo]

all open!

i have a short run from craibstone to Kingswells north.

Got a meeeting in Dyce this morning so i'll check kingswells north northbound is open, saves sitting inn the queues of traffic at Primefour every evening.

[Peanut Gallery]

Drove under the Craibstone section this morning (that was closed) - cars flowing thick and fast across the new section!

And Market Street looks no different to usual, possibly a little busier than usual to be honest!

[Jambo85]

I’ve just done Parkhill to Portlethen, it’s awesome!

Felt there was a surprising distance between Parkhill and Craibstone!

[phoenixz]

1 month on from being fully opened, what are people's thoughts on the AWPR now that the dust has settled?

[MidnightXR6]

Its handy for cutting travelling times.

But by god how many trucks have had accidents at that stupid roundabout?

Its a mess. Tyre tracks all over it.

[PaulD86]

MidnightXR6 said:

Its handy for cutting travelling times.

But by god how many trucks have had accidents at that stupid roundabout?

Its a mess. Tyre tracks all over it.

Having just watched the dash cam footage of the latest truck crash there the only things I think are stupid are the drivers. If roundabout signs, lane markings and yellow rumble line across the carriageway plus a big round thing in front of you aren't enough for you to spot there is a roundabout then you really should not be on the road. Even before they added the yellow lines the roundabout wasn't exactly hidden.

Edited by PaulD86 on Tuesday 19th March 11:52