2012
What was the point of the referendum?
14/05/12 18:44 Filed in: Granite Chips
So we had a referendum so that the electorate could decide whether Aberdeen should go ahead with the City Garden Granite Web plan and the other elements in the funding package, or abandon the plan and stick with the existing Union Terrace Gardens.
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Read More...Sour grapes leave a bad taste
08/03/12 12:28 Filed in: Granite Chips
So we had the referendum that was intended to decide once and for all whether Aberdeen should go ahead with the City Garden project. The result was a majority of more than 4,000 votes in favour of the new city centre park.
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Read More...Aberdeen bypass opponents lose appeal
01/03/12 13:00 Filed in: Granite Chips
William Walton’s appeal, on behalf of Road Sense, agains the rejection of the legal action against the long-delayed Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, has been rejected by the Court of Session.
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City Garden is 'all or nothing' vote on city centre investment
04/02/12 13:30 Filed in: Granite Chips
I should probably not be surprised, given the amount of confusion and misinformation that has surrounded the argument about the City Garden project. But, I am now amazed to find that the ‘referendum on the gardens’ is not just a ‘referendum on the gardens’.
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Read More...City Garden could create 6,500 new jobs
19/01/12 17:15 Filed in: Granite Chips
The Aberdeen City Garden Project could create 6,500 new jobs and inject £122 million annually into the local economy according to a new report by PwC.
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