Designs for how Aberdeen city centre streets could look as part of the City Centre and Beach Masterplan have been revealed, alongside an online public consultation.
image: for illustration – Castlegate by IHBC Aberdeen Branch
… proposals would also encourage more people to make the shift to walking, cycling, or public transport…
Scottish Construction Now writes:
The designs include play areas, public art, events spaces, and greening the area with trees, planters and rain gardens and would all contribute to the aim of creating a world-class city centre which respects and enhances Aberdeen’s unique qualities and characteristics while putting people at its heart.
For the consultation, the city centre has been split into eight areas with detailed plans for each. The areas are Union Street West, Belmont Quarter, Schoolhill and Upperkirkgate, Union Street East, West End, Union Street Central, Aberdeen Market, and Castlegate….
Councillor Miranda Radley, operational delivery convener for Aberdeen City Council, said: “We want to ensure the city centre is a thriving place to visit, work and live in by investing wisely and ensuring people have an opportunity to contribute to the proposed designs for the area.
“The proposals would also encourage more people to make the shift to walking, cycling, or public transport as well as providing more opportunities to hold events, more green areas, more public art, and play areas for the city centre.”….
Within the extent of the planned public realm upgrades, the proposals also include significant opportunity to ‘green’ the city through integration of trees, planters, and rain gardens…
The online consultation is at Streets UK
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