Purpose

We are seeking approval from the Garioch Area
Committee and Formartine Area Committee to progress the Inverurie
to Oldmeldrum active travel route. Aberdeenshire Council’s
Active Travel and Strategy Development Team commissioned AECOM to
deliver an Inverurie to Oldmeldrum Active Travel Options Study
which was completed in May 2025. The study was undertaken based on
Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) and builds on an
earlier feasibility study initially produced in 2015 in response to
demand from local community groups. The study appraised five route
options against STAG criteria, Transport Planning Objectives and
deliverability criteria. We aim to present the findings of the STAG
review to the Committee and seek approval to engage landowners
directly to agree access for the preferred route.

Content

Committee requested that the next report
coming after the summer recess should include a hierarchy of
projects, what funding is required for these and what funding is
already in place.
 
RTS agreed and heard.