Night Shift

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On the way home tonight I could not help but notice the work fource hard at it on the south bank of the MaryCulter Bridge section of the new APWR. (Picture taken hand held no tripod !!).
 
The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) is a major infrastructure development proposed to take place on the outskirts of Aberdeen, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. First announced in January 2003,[5] construction began on the 19th of February 2015. It was approved by ministers in late 2009.
 
It has been particularly supported by NESTRANS, the Scottish Executive's planning group for Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
 
The high-speed dual carriageway is projected to cost £745 million and create an alternative route from north to south Aberdeen, bypassing the city. Currently the only dual carriageway route from north to south is through the city itself, along the original 1930s bypass, Anderson Drive, which is unsuitable for heavy goods vehicles as they cannot cross the Bridge of Dee at its south end. The city has long since expanded beyond Anderson Drive, and a bypass for Aberdeen was first proposed in 1952. In 2012, following lengthy legal delays, the project was approved and construction began in February 2015 and is due to finish in 2018.
 

The project also now includes an upgrade of the A90 between Balmedie and Tipperty, further north to dual carriageway.