24-549: Union Terrace Gardens is a public park and gardens situated on Union Terrace in Aberdeen , Scotland . The sunken gardens opened to the public in 1879, and cover approximately two and a half acres . The space is bounded to the north by Rosemount Viaduct, to the south by Union Street's main thoroughfare, to the east by the railway and the Den Burn, now flowing underground, and to the west by Union Terrace . Contrary to popular belief
48-438: A given location. Multilane roads use broken white lines between lanes moving in the same direction; at least one solid yellow line lies to the left of the lane which borders traffic moving in the opposite direction, and the right sideline is solid white. Drivers can always tell the direction of the traffic flow by looking at the striping coloration. Since successful experiments in the late 1960s, some urban undivided highways in
72-476: A one carriageway with no central reservation/median strip to separate opposing flows of traffic. A single-track road is a type of single carriageway with a single lane with passing places for traffic in both directions. An undivided highway ( American English ) is the term used for motorways with two or more lanes with no central reservation/median strip. Road traffic safety is generally worse for high-speed single carriageways than for dual carriageways due to
96-464: A river valley. Corbie Haugh is still an apposite epithet for this area as crows still nest in the elms. The trees were originally planted to stabilise the embankment to prevent the newly widened Union Terrace from slipping into the gardens. The arches which run along the length of Union Terrace were designed by architect James Matthews , who was instrumental in turning the area into a pleasure park. In 2010 controversial plans were unveiled to transform
120-528: Is a single carriageway street in the city centre of Aberdeen . At the south end, it has a junction with Union Street , at Union Bridge and Bridge Street ; and at the north end, it has a junction with Rosemount Viaduct , with the Central Library and His Majesty's Theatre on that street. The street hosts the Aberdeen International Market regularly. Union Terrace Gardens are in
144-553: The Denburn Valley , adjacent to Union Terrace. There are currently plans to enhance the gardens, with one to put an art centre which will blend with the landscape, the other to create a civic square levelling the gardens and bringing them up to street level. There is also a statue of Robert Burns opposite the Caledonian Hotel. A granite statue of Edward VII was installed at the junction of Union Terrace with Union Street. It
168-459: The City Council for endorsement to proceed to a further stage, an international design competition. The City Square project has proved highly controversial amongst not only the citizens of Aberdeen, but many expatriate Aberdonians and others from further afield . Opponents of the project have formed a campaign group known as Friends of Union Terrace Gardens . The campaign group held a mass picnic in
192-803: The Independent Alliance Group, to regenerate Union Street, the Arts Centre, the Music Hall, the Lemon Tree and the Mither Kirk. Following the 2012 rejection of the City Garden Project, Sir Ian Wood stated on 21 August 2013 that he would still be willing to give £50m to replacement plans though he indicated such plans would need to be in place by the end of 2013. In December 2013, Aberdeen City Council rejected Sir Ian Wood's offer of £50 million which
216-518: The Scottish Arts Council and was scheduled to break ground in late November 2009 before being rejected by Aberdeen city councillors. The result of a public consultation carried out by ACSEF showed that 55% of those consulted were against the City Square proposals with 44% in favour. Nonetheless, ACSEF (Aberdeen City and Shire Economic Futures), decided to press ahead .with the project and asked
240-412: The U.S. are striped by color to show the direction of traffic flow. Two-way undivided roads have a yellow center line (and, if there are baseline shoulder stripes, they are solid white on both sides). This center line may be solid, broken, or a combination of the two, with the different styles, denoting whether passing (which requires a driver to move into the lane used by oncoming traffic) is permitted at
264-480: The U.S. have had a central left-turn lane used by both directions of flow. Essentially, this configuration puts a turning lane in the position of where a median would be if the road were divided. These roads almost always have an odd number of lanes overall, usually five (two lanes in each direction with a central turning lane), but three-lane and seven-lane versions are not uncommon. Central turn lanes are most frequently built in suburban commercial areas where there are
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#1732884759772288-437: The U.S. would be termed an "undivided highway"; this is likely to mean a multi-lane road with only striping (paint) (but no median) between the two directions of traffic flow . A road with two lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions would be called a two-lane road. In keeping with the U.S. Department of Transportation 's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), since the early 1970s, all numbered highways in
312-506: The area is not a natural amphitheatre but a small river valley with a late-Victorian viaduct constructed at the North end in 1889. The amphitheatre was formed from the covered remains of Denburn Terrace after demolition. The park is surrounded by of some of the best architecture of Aberdeen , prominent among which are His Majesty's Theatre , St Mark's Church and the Library on Rosemount Viaduct to
336-661: The creation of a new arts centre and a new entrance to Aberdeen Rail Station. Further developments of the Halliday plans were released on 27 January 2014 centred on the addition of a canopy along a portion of Union Street running from Bridge Street to Market Street, a portion of which would be over part of the Civic Square as proposed in the August plans. In 2019, Union Terrace Gardens was closed for redevelopment and re-opened on 22 December 2022. Union Terrace, Aberdeen Union Terrace
360-518: The economic survival of the city centre". The current version of the plan involves raising the level of the Gardens, creating a square which is to be a "cross between a grand Italian piazza and a mini Central Park." A technical appraisal carried out by the architectural firm Halliday Fraser Munro estimated the project would cost around £140 million to build. Andrew Dixon, incoming boss of Scotland's new arts and culture body, Creative Scotland , recently praised
384-455: The gardens on 12 June 2010 which attracted over a thousand people and generated nearly 400 letters to councillors opposing the plans. On 2 March 2011, after a referendum in which 90000 people voted, it was announced that 52% had voted for the City Garden Project, moving the project to the next stage. On 22 August 2012, Aberdeen City Council finally rejected the City Garden Project by two votes. The councillors supported an alternative proposal from
408-464: The gardens. On 19 May, Aberdeen City Council voted in favour of the City Square project to transform the heart of the city into a vibrant, cultural civic space and gardens. At the same time an alternative plan for a contemporary art centre in the gardens, the Peacock proposal, was rejected. Local oil tycoon Sir Ian Wood pledged up to £85 million of his own money to back the City Square project to "ensure
432-631: The general speed limit is 50 km/h (30 mph). The maximum UK speed limit for single-carriageway roads is lower than the maximum for dual-carriageway roads. The National Speed Limit, which is lower for built-up areas, only applies in places where a lower numeric speed limit is not in place. The UK has one major single-carriageway motorway, the A38(M) , but a number of link roads at motorway interchanges are single-carriageway. No equivalent term exists in American English. A single carriage motorway in
456-498: The lack of separation between traffic moving in opposing directions. The term single carriageway is used for roads in Ireland . Speed limits on single-carriageway roads vary depending on their classification: national primary roads and national secondary roads have a general speed limit of 100 km/h (60 mph), while regional roads and local roads have a general speed limit of 80 km/h (50 mph). In urban areas,
480-558: The north, and the Triple Kirks to the east. On the park's north side is a formally planted and maintained floral crest of the city's coat of arms. At the Union Street end of the gardens stands a group of mature elm trees, nearly 200 years old. The trees stand on the remnants of the site once known as Corbie Haugh: Corbie in Scots meaning crow , and Haugh meaning a low-lying meadow in
504-463: The project as a "real opportunity for the city". As part of the project councillors stipulated that at least £15 million be provided for a new cultural centre run by Peacock. Peacock Visual Arts had been working in partnership with Aberdeen City Council on an alternative proposal to develop a centre for contemporary arts in Aberdeen. The development, designed by London-based architects Brisac Gonzales,
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#1732884759772528-593: Was designed to be built into the existing slopes in the Gardens underneath the Robert Burns statue. The building, which was budgeted at £13.5 million, would contain a gallery, TV studio, print studio, restaurant and offices for Peacock staff and provide a base for Aberdeen City Council's Arts Development and Arts Education teams as well as potentially extra space for Citymoves dance agency. This project had received full planning permission, secured £9.5 million of public funding from Aberdeen City Council, Scottish Enterprise, and
552-460: Was removed in March 2021 as part of the redevelopment of Union Terrace Gardens. 57°8′47″N 2°6′8″W / 57.14639°N 2.10222°W / 57.14639; -2.10222 This Aberdeen location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Single carriageway A single carriageway ( British English ) is a road with one, two or more lanes arranged within
576-506: Was subsequently withdrawn in January 2014. On 29 August 2013, new drawings for a potential redevelopment were unveiled and published in both national and local press. The drawings by city architect John Halliday showed the gardens being partly raised whilst leaving some areas sunken. The designs included the covering of the Denburn dual-carriageway and railway tracks to form a link to Belmont Street,
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