Haudagain roundabout
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The Haudagain Roundabout {{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|æ|d|ə|g|ən|}} is a roundabout in Aberdeen that bisects the A92 and A96.{{cite web|url=http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Haudagain+Roundabout,+Aberdeen,+AB24+2,+UK&sll=57.173231,-2.14493&sspn=0.002885,0.010986&ie=UTF8&t=h&geocode=FWZkaAMdZ0Xf_w&split=0|publisher=Google Maps|title=Google Maps|accessdate=2009-09-19|archive-date=8 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208135907/https://www.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Haudagain+Roundabout,+Aberdeen,+AB24+2,+UK&sll=57.173231,-2.14493&sspn=0.002885,0.010986&ie=UTF8&t=h&geocode=FWZkaAMdZ0Xf_w&split=0|url-status=live}}
As all traffic going northbound to Inverness via the A96 or southbound to Dundee via the A92 must pass through this roundabout it is a notoriously busy and hazardous junction with large queues approaching all directions to the roundabout, especially during rush hour.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-14485916.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026143439/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-14485916.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-26|publisher=Aberdeen Evening Express|title=Traffic hell gets worse|accessdate=2009-09-19}}{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-15225723.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026143518/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-15225723.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-26|publisher=Aberdeen Evening Express|title=It's time to sort out the Haudagain and this time it's personal... |accessdate=2009-09-19}} It has been referred to as 'Scotland's worst roundabout'.{{cite web|url=http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/709590?UserKey=|publisher=The Press and Journal|title=Councillors back £14m Haudagain roundabout solution|accessdate=2009-09-19|archive-date=6 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306040517/http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/709590?UserKey=|url-status=live}}
The construction of Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route is aimed at reducing the congestion due to traffic passing through Aberdeen. In addition improvements are planned to help ease the congestion at the roundabout.{{cite web|url=http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/Consultations/cst_Haudagain.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110004919/https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/Consultations/cst_Haudagain.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-01-10|publisher=Aberdeen City Council|title=Haudagain Roundabout Stag Appraisal|accessdate=2020-09-11}}
Bypass
Following an evaluation of various options for improving traffic flow at the roundabout, a bypass to the south-west of the roundabout, linking the A92 and the A96, was selected. In 2008, this was expected to cost £14.5 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/693511?UserKey=|publisher=Aberdeen Evening Express|title=Cheapest road for Aberdeen blackspot|accessdate=2009-09-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726214558/http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/693511?UserKey=|archivedate=2011-07-26}} The project required 127 flats to be demolished, this occurred in 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/haudagain-flats-demolition-work-to-be-over-by-end-of-year1/|title=Haudagain flats demolition work to be over 'by end of year'|last=Merson|first=Adele|website=Evening Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103202626/https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/haudagain-flats-demolition-work-to-be-over-by-end-of-year1/|url-status=live}} In December 2019, Farrans Construction was appointed as contractor for the project. The cost has risen to at least £17.6 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1639990/contractor-appointed-as-18m-haudagain-improvements-take-major-step-forward/|title=Contractor appointed as £18m Haudagain improvements take major step forward|last=Wyllie|first=James|website=Press and Journal|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-date=4 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104022559/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1639990/contractor-appointed-as-18m-haudagain-improvements-take-major-step-forward/|url-status=live}} In January 2020, the project cost was quoted as £49.5 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politics/holyrood/1956779/transport-secretary-challenged-on-costs-of-49-5-million-haudagain-roundabout-improvements/|title=Transport Secretary challenged on costs of £49.5 million Haudagain roundabout improvements|last=Peterkin|first=Tom|website=Press and Journal|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-16|archive-date=16 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116110902/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politics/holyrood/1956779/transport-secretary-challenged-on-costs-of-49-5-million-haudagain-roundabout-improvements/|url-status=live}}
The project was originally expected to be completed by spring 2021; however, this was pushed back to winter 2021.{{Cite web|last=Milne|first=Ellie|date=2021-09-02|title=The Haudagain: An Aberdeen landmark whose days are thankfully numbered|url=https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/the-haudagain-an-aberdeen-landmark-whose-days-are-thankfully-numbered/|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Evening Express|language=en-US}} It opened on 16 May 2022.{{Cite news |date=2022-05-16 |title=Aberdeen's Haudagain bottleneck improved 16 years after first plans |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-61464595 |access-date=2022-05-16}}
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