Aberdeen council bosses have held talks with the influential traffic commissioner after a report on the city’s roadworks found many were overrunning.
The document drawn up in September found that 16% of the street works overran, against a target of less than one per cent.
And the commissioner also raised concerns around a lack of contract details for some projects and the late start of some others.
They have the power to level fines of up to £30,000 for poor performance, though that is only in the “most severe cases” and the commissioner has accepted the report may not be representative of the council’s performance.
Local authority bosses have since met with the commissioner who said that should new figures be presented then the council may no longer be subject to an improvement plan.
A report to councillors next week reads: “A meeting was convened in Edinburgh on October 31, which was attended by representatives of the council and the commissioner’s office, including the commissioner himself.
“At the meeting it was agreed that the contents of the letter did not in fact reflect the true position in terms of the overall performance.
“It was also agreed that assuming the council could confirm that the figures would continue to be monitored and kept in check, the commissioner would be willing to remove the improvement plan.
“Confirmation of this decision will be issued in January 2020.”