WASTE materials generated from Aberdeen City Council’s capital roads resurfacing programme are to be used to create a temporary surface in the Castlegate area of the city.
The local authority explained that the current flagstones in the area would cost more than £1.5 million to repair, only to then need to be ‘ripped out’ to make way for improvements in the area as part of its city centre and beach masterplan.
As a result, the council explained that it has opted for a temporary and cost-effective solution which will see the use of compacted road planings, which is a waste material generated from its capital roads resurfacing programme.
The use of waste planings, delivered directly from other roadworks sites around Aberdeen, will also minimise the carbon cost in line with the local authority’s commitment to net zero targets.
The road planings will be used to create a road surface for vehicular traffic, whilst pedestrian pavements of cassies will be repaired.
Aberdeen City Council said, “It is acknowledged that while the compacted road planings will not be the most aesthetically-pleasing of surfaces, the works will allow the area to be kept safe whilst minimising expenditure on an area which will soon be redeveloped as part of the city centre and beach masterplan.”
