Gearing up to tackle the winter season ahead
Aberdeenshire Council is once again ready to respond to the challenges of the coming winter season in order to keep its pedestrians and traffic safe and moving, it has said. Council services have been getting a fleet of gritters and support vehicles ready for action and stocking up on salt and grit, while councillors last […]
Aberdeenshire Council sets winter operations in motion
With the darker nights drawing in and temperatures starting to fall, Aberdeenshire Council is once again putting its winter operations into motion to ensure it can respond to whatever the weather throws at it in the coming months. Staff again demonstrated outstanding levels of teamwork and dedication at the start of the year as they battled to keep the 3,500-mile roads […]
Asphalt preservation trialled in Aberdeenshire Council in a Scottish first
An innovative treatment to help extend the lifespan of the road network has been trialled for the first time in Scotland by Aberdeenshire Council. Road maintenance and repair specialists Velocity installed the preservative treatment Rhinophalt on a mix of residential, rural and A-roads across six sites in Central and South Aberdeenshire. Rhinophalt is a unique […]
Aberdeenshire Council begins programme of surface dressing works across the north-east
Aberdeenshire Council’s programme of surface dressing works is now underway across the north-east. Surface dressing is used as an effective and cost-efficient way to extend the lifespan of roads. Although the newly dressed road is mechanically swept a number of times after being treated, it takes several days for chips to embed fully into the […]
Aberdeenshire Council improves its public transport delivery with new demand-responsive app
Aberdeenshire Council has launched a new demand-responsive transport (DRT) service that will give its residents better access to public transport. Ready2Go is the mobility app behind the service and from this week passengers travelling in the Inverurie area will be able to use the free Ready2Go iOS and Android apps, to plan transport journeys and […]