Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Spaces for People Commonplace map for Aberdeen. We&#39;ve had a great response, with over 2400 visitors to the site and 830 contributions so far!Comments can still be added until 23:50 tomorrow, Thursday 13th August, so please share the page with others who might be interested.All of your responses will be analysed to help refine and prioritise current proposals. Comments can also help identify new locations where temporary measures for physical distancing are needed. To keep up to date with the latest information on what measures are being installed, you can visit the <a href="https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/coronavirus-covid-19/spaces-people-including-city-centre">Aberdeen City Council website</a> which is updated regularly.Thank you again for your time and ideas, if you have further comments the page remains open until 23:50 tomorrow.

Aberdeen Commonplace map closes for comments tomorrow

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Spaces for People Commonplace map for Aberdeen. We have had a great response so far, with over 2000 visitors and 700 contributions.Comments can still be added to the map, so please share the page with others who might be interested, or add <a href="https://spacesforpeopleaberdeen.commonplace.is/comments">any more comments </a> you might have – the closing date has now been extended to Thursday 13th August.One of the main issues that you have identified on the Commonplace page over the last few weeks is footpaths being too narrow – over a third of all comments have included this. To address this issue and allow everyone to physically distance safely, additional space has been provided for footways across Aberdeen – so far, this has happened across the city centre, as well as on Victoria Road, with more interventions still to come, including on George Street.<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1595599852/projects/spacesforpeopleaberdeen/50f5c606-25c7-4432-a5df-2619b34bdad2.jpg" />You have also told us that one of the solutions you want to see involves more safe space to cycle – again almost a third of comments so far have requested this. As the first stages of a wider plan, over the last few weeks, consultations have taken place on cycle routes from the Bridge of Don area to the City Centre via the Beach, as well as from Hazelhead to the City Centre. Changes have also been made in Rosemount to make it easier for people to get around the area.<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1595599977/projects/spacesforpeopleaberdeen/bc2a0bfc-92f0-4bab-a3b3-e6f03a18b9e4.jpg" />You can find a full list of projects completed and underway, along with more information, on the <a href="https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/coronavirus-covid-19/spaces-people-including-city-centre">dedicated Aberdeen City Council website</a> .

Progress continues on creating Space for People in Aberdeen

Thanks very much to everyone who has commented on our Commonplace map so far! We want to know your views on how Aberdeen can enable essential journeys, access to open spaces, economic recovery, and improvements to public transport access, so please continue to get involved by sharing your views on <a href="https://spacesforpeopleaberdeen.commonplace.is/comments">the interactive map</a> . We want to hear from as many people as possible, so please share the link to this page as widely as you can!So far, temporary changes have been made in Aberdeen City Centre to help protect public health by reducing Covid-19 transmission in the city. The measures will further help the economic recovery of the city and allow people to continue to walk and cycle safely. These temporary measures will create the space for people to physically distance near shops and eateries and are facilitating businesses to reopen. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1593605613/projects/spacesforpeopleaberdeen/d05c24d8-76b5-4ce6-9a15-f8f1e49c21cf.jpg" />Later stages of the works, which are due to start in the next few weeks, will see temporary changes to the road layout and on-street parking to widen pavements in Rosemount, Peterculter, and Cults, as well as on North Deeside Road and George Street.  The designs are continually being reviewed and feedback from businesses and the public is being taken into consideration.Temporary measures have been installed at the bridge end of Victoria Road in Torry which will allow people in the area to walk about and queue for shops and buses, while observing physical distancing.A public consultation is currently underway for temporary improvements to the Beach Boulevard, Esplanade and Ellon Road - you can <a href="https://news.aberdeencity.gov.uk/week-long-public-consultation-for-cycle-lane-plans-in-the-beach-area-as-part-of-on-going-work-for-physical-distancing-and-encouraging-active-travel/">find out more here</a> , where you can view the designs and give your feedback.To find out more about the latest changes, visit the dedicated Aberdeen City Council <a href="https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/coronavirus-covid-19/city-centre">webpage here</a> .

Aberdeen Spaces for People Update

In response to Covid-19, we are introducing temporary measures across Aberdeen to protect public health and support physical distancing.

We want to ensure that these measures enable essential journeys, access to open spaces, economic recovery and improvements to public transport provision. Please use our Heatmap to identify locations for temporary measures so you can walk, cycle and wheel safely while observing physical distancing guidelines.