The roundabout coming off the A90 by the flyover (at the junction with Muirend Road) in Portlethen is not so bonny at the moment, with the grass uncut and kerbstones lying randomly at the north verge.
I am told by council officers that Aberdeenshire Council is in discussion with a civil engineering consultant acting on behalf of a client at Badentoy. As part of their approval they have to make amendments to this approach/exit to the roundabout. Various options are being considered including widening on the north and/or south as you approach the roundabout from the east. Until such time that this proposal is agreed/implemented, it was felt that any interim repairs to the kerbing would be counter-productive.
However as the situation has been ongoing for some considerable time, officers will look to get a timescale on the amended layout and, if nothing is proposed within the next 10-12 weeks, will look to carry out minimal repair work to the kerbing.
Meanwhile regarding the central island grass, roads officers and landscape service officers are considering a way forward. The grass cutting ceased after an incident involving a vehicle.
UPDATE 6 October: I hear that workers are at the site this morning!
The whole grass cutting last time round especially round bus route left a lot to be desired . many tufts here and there totally missed