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• Heavily congested roads round Aberdeen are forcing 90% of HGV drivers into the city centre, bringing misery to residents and businesses alike.
The results come from a survey undertaken by the North-East Scotland Freight Quality Partnership—which includes haulage companies and business bosses, as well as Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils.
Survey results show HGV drivers are avoiding major highways, which are the responsibility of the Scottish Executive—and which are maintained by private consortium BEAR (Scotland). Instead, they are using council-maintained roads, and are adding to city-centre traffic problems.
Drivers told the survey tea that they were attempting ensure the quickest journi time, rather than finding tt shortest trip.
Aberdeen City Con senior transport planni Warren Murphy says trucl coming from the West oft( avoid the city's congesti( problems by using "sub-sta dard B-class roads".
Murphy adds that the resul strengthen the case for a weE ern by-pass for Aberdeen. -ft scheme, which is estimated cost £80m, would help ea congestion problems. "TI roads are too busy, especially peak times. We need a weste peripheral route!'