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Councillors urged to approve changes to Aberdeen taxi ranks © Kenny Elrick / DCT Media The taxi rank on Back Wynd could be suspended. Councillors will be asked to approve changes to taxi ranks in Aberdeen as a result of the city’s Spaces for People interventions. The measures, introduced last year to enable physical distancing, rendered some parts of the city centre inaccessible to cars. As a result, Aberdeen City Council carried out a consultation on a number of proposed changes to taxi ranks, including the suspension of some and the introduction of others. The total number of spaces in t...

Formal consultation on taxi rank changes in Aberdeen approved © Scott Baxter / DCT Media A formal consultation will now begin for the removal of two taxi ranks, including Back Wynd, and the introduction of five others. A consultation will be held into plans to change the site of taxi ranks in Aberdeen city centre. Messures put in place to improve safety for pedestrians through the Spaces for People initiative currently restrict vehicle access to some ranks. This would lead to the current Hadden Street and Back Wynd ranks being temporarily removed. New ranks would be set up on Exchange Street...

Pictured is Belmont Street, Aberdeen, as the city moved into tier 3 coronavirus restrictions. The city was behind East Lothian, Midlothian, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. Level three restrictions mean, all hospitality venues must close at 6pm and – inside or outside – are not allowed to sell alcohol. It also means people can’t travel outside their local authority area. In Aberdeen city centre yesterday drinkers drifted away premises well before the restrictions came into force at 6pm. Aberdeen University students Emily Cope, 22, and Daryl Nisbet, 23, were sat enjoying a drink outside...