I have been assured that Aberdeenshire Council’s landscape services staff will be cutting back the trees and bushes which overhang the lane between St Anne’s Wynd and the cul-de-sac running up the Elsick Valley from the railway viaduct at Newtonhill.
This work should be completed within the next 14-21 days. The timing of the pruning is dependent on whether or not there are nesting birds present.
This lane is an emergency access, should it be required, from the A90 to the Saints area of the village.
By the way, the lane has been adopted by the council but the adjacent verge areas are not. Nonetheless the council will do the work in order to maintain a safe passage through the lane.