The new park and choose at the Newtonhill flyover will be brought into use by the X7 from Monday 17 August, I have been advised by council officers. This means the X7 will no longer use the existing two stops on the A90.
Stagecoach Bluebird East decided to re-route the X7 (Aberdeen-Perth) to coincide with the issue of a new bus timetable.
The car park is not quite finished, and a completion date is awaited. Once the 50th house is occupied at Chapelton there should be a shuttle bus between the park and choose and the new town.
Notices will be displayed at the A90 bus stops from Monday.
I will post any further details as soon as I get them, meanwhile here is what I have been told by council officers:
“Steve Walker (Stagecoach Bluebird) had confirmed that Service 7 (Aberdeen – Stonehaven) would be re-routed to serve the facility, providing an hourly service each way. He is currently reviewing the Aberdeen and Stonehaven corridor, with re-routing via the facility possibly before the end of the year. I will update yourself once I have confirmation of a date. He also confirmed that there is insufficient time within the current timetables for other services on the corridor to serve the facility, without allocating additional resources.
“It was agreed at the planning stage that the bus stops on the A90, at Newtonhill Road End would be removed once the facility was in operation for safety reasons, due to buses utilising the slip road travelling to/from the facility. I have put forward your request to Andrew Jarvis (Stagecoach Bluebird East) for the Service X7 to serve the bus stops at Tesco and will update you once I have a response. I have also forwarded your request to my colleague Martin Hall (Principal Officer Infrastructure) regarding the additional bus stop in Newtonhill and I will update you once I have a decision.
“I can also confirm that Real Time has been introduced on the Buchan corridor as a trial so any operational issues can be rectified before it is rolled out throughout Aberdeenshire in the coming months.
“I hope this clarifies the situation and I will update you when I have further information.”