Thousands of people have had their say on plans to overhaul Aberdeen city centre.
About 7,000 viewed the multimillion-pound City Centre Masterplan, which was drawn up to breathe new life into the heart of Aberdeen over the next 20 years.
The latest round of consultations closed on Monday, and council chiefs say the response has been mostly “positive”.
The local authority held a number of public events to highlight the plan which includes the partial pedestrianisation of Union Street and a revamp of the Denburn Valley with a walkway connecting Union Terrace Gardens with Belmont Street.
The council enlisted Building Design Partnership (BDP) to draw up the plans following an extensive consultation process.
A series of public engagement events were held to gather feedback from people living and working in the city on the plans, which also went out to consultation last year.
Almost 2,000 questionnaires were received with 85% of those who responded saying they are in favour of the range of long-term projects.
Other results showed that 83% were in favour of partial or full pedestrianisation of some streets, while 95% supported projects to improve open space around the Denburn and River Dee and 87% wanted improved city centre shopping areas.
Aberdeen City Council chief executive Angela Scott said: “People have been actively engaged in the city centre masterplan process from day one and the support we are seeing in the feedback suggests we are on the right track in terms of delivering solutions which will shape Aberdeen for the future.
“The response totals are higher than most opinion polls and that underlines the robust nature of the survey findings on each of the themes and projects. The masterplan team have also advised me that many of the people who have been involved in previous stages of the consultation have been encouraged that we have listened and responded to their input – and that too is
encouraging.
“The next steps will involve further detailed analysis of the feedback, continued work with stakeholder groups, and having further discussions with those directly involved in the plans – ahead of bringing a full report to the full council in the summer.”