Aberdeen City Council today welcomed a Court of Session decision to reject a second legal challenge against the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route [AWPR].
Judges today [Weds 29 Feb] rejected the appeal by campaigners, who had argued that the public inquiry and the public consultation on the AWPR had been flawed.
Scottish Ministers gave the scheme the go-ahead in December 2009 following a lengthy public inquiry. But the scheme to build the 28-mile AWPR was delayed by legal proceedings at the Court of Session in Edinburgh following an appeal against that decision. Judges rejected the appeal last summer – but a second appeal was then lodged, which the Court of Session today announced it had rejected.
Aberdeen City Council Leader Councillor Callum McCaig said: "The vast majority of citizens in the North-east will hail this decision as great news for the region and the whole of Scotland. We have all waited many years to reach this crucial stage – and now we must waste no more time and get on with construction.
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