A £15M council project to regenerate historically-contaminated landfills sites in Aberdeen got under way this week.
Aberdeen City Council is to fully restore the Ness Farm and Tullos Hill landfill sites by providing a wildlife and recreation area for future generations. The work is being carried out to meet Scottish Protection Environment Agency (SEPA) requirements.
Upgrades to some of the existing path network and the installation of information boards dealing with the archaeology, wildlife and recent history of the site are included in the three-year project.
Lead councillor for the environment, Ron Clark, said: ‘We are spending £15M on cleaning up the legacy of landfilling in Aberdeen. As a result of the waste being buried there, part of the scheme will be lost to citizens for the foreseeable future.
‘This is a great example of why we should stop landfilling our waste, quite apart from the high costs involved in disposing of our rubbish in this way.’
Landfilling of the Tullos Hill area of the site took place between 1970 and 1983, and in the Ness area of the site from 1983, until the site closed in 2001.
The project will be managed by SITA UK, as part of its 25-year contract with Aberdeen council for waste management. The works will be completed in 2011/12.
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