TRANSPORT chiefs as pushing ahead with plans to build a controversial £400 million bypass despite its future hanging in the balance.
Aberdeen City Council yesterday said it had sealed a contract for the initial work on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. It has awarded £235,000 of work to Edinburgh-based Headland Archaeology Ltd to assess the impact the route could have on historical sites.
However, it comes as a campaigner is still waiting to learn if his latest legal bid to halt the project has been successful at the Supreme Court.
William Walton, of Skene, chairman of campaign group Road Sense, has lodged several bids to see the development axed. He said he was "surprised" to hear cash was being spent when the project was still "under a cloud of doubt".
Aberdeen City Council said the contract was awarded to allow the bypass to progress quickly if the appeal fails.
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