Aberdeen City Council has been credited with making “significant improvements” to the way it maintains and manages its heavy vehicles.
However, Traffic Commissioner Joan Aitken, at a hearing this week, said more work still needs to be done with monitoring of how the local authority runs its fleet, which includes gritters and rubbish lorries, to continue.
The council was called before the Traffic Commissioner in December after claims it had failed to meet vehicle safety standards.
Ms Aitken reduced the number of vehicles on the council’s licence from 124 to 111.
The council will now have to reapply to bring its fleet back to original levels.
Mark Reilly, Aberdeen City Council’s Head of Public Infrastructure and Environment, said: “Aberdeen City Council acted promptly following the inquiry into the council’s goods vehicles operator’s licence and the Traffic Commissioner has now recognised that significant progress has been made.
“However, it is not the intention to become complacent. It is intended to make this service an exemplar of best practice.”
Council makes heavy goods fleet safer but more work must be done
