Aberdeen's South College Street set for 10 months of roadworks disruption
Drivers in Aberdeen are set for an agonising 10 months of disruption in the city centre with South College Street to undergo yet more works.
Those in the city between 2022 and 2023 remember the disruption caused by the near £11million upgrade to the vital stretch of road all too well.
Delays are now set to return as underground electricity cables are installed between the substation at Clayhills on South College Street and Redmoss on Langdykes Road.
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SSE are carrying out the project that will see 10km of 132kV life-expired cables replaced, with the two circuits the last in the Aberdeen ring network needing replaced.
SSE said: "The replacement cables will utilise our existing underground duct network, minimising excavation works, traffic management and road closures along the existing route.
"Redmoss and Clayhills Substations form an integral part of the overall Aberdeen City 132kV ring network."
The replacement and re-energisation project will complete the Aberdeen ring network cable upgrade process, providing 'improved operational flexibility and resilience in line with our goal to aim for 100% transmission network reliability for homes and businesses.'
Workers are set to dig up sections of Great Southern Road, South College Street, West Tullos Road and Wellington Road as part of the project, which will begin on Sunday, January 12, and last nearly a year.
To prevent major disruption on the roads, the scheme will be undertaken in stages to avoid Ferryhill Road, Millburn Street and Whinhill Road all being impacted at once.
Temporary traffic management will be put in place at various stages of the project.