In her latest column, MSP Karen Adam focuses on the need for better rail links in the north-east.
Roadworks will also continue overnight next week.
Aberdeenshire Council has given a new update on specialist work being done on Aboyne Bridge as efforts continue towards its eventual reopening.
B-listed Aboyne bridge closed to vehicles in October after Storm Babet revealed concrete damage extended “far more than is visible on the surface.
The new information campaign has been launched ahead of Aberdeen’s Low Emission Zone being enforced in less than two months.
ROADWORKS are set to close or limit access to a couple of roads in the Buckie area this coming week.
Diversions due to roadworks taking place on the A96 mean that an abnormal load moving on Sunday will also have to use the diversion route.
HUNTLY community figures have pushed Scotland’s transport secretary for talks about a “dangerous” A96 junction.
A TOTAL of 1200 metres of carriageway will be improved.
The UK steam hauled tour is working its way back south from Inverness on its way to Edinburgh and on to London.