'It's like a jungle' - Bridge of Don residents vent frustration over reduced grass cutting

Bridge of Don residents, including a former Lord Provost , have claimed Aberdeen City Council’s poor grass cutting programme has left the suburb looking “absolutely awful”.

John Reynolds represented the ward as a councillor for 36 years between 1986 and 2022. The 76-year-old was also the Lord Provost of Aberdeen from 2003 to 2007.

However, he claims that over the last three summers there has been “massive cutbacks” in ground maintenance. And, he revealed that many locals have reached out to him asking about the grass cutting, despite him no longer being an elected member.

John says the local authority is slacking in Bridge of Don when compared to other areas in the city. “I’ve been along Riverside Drive in Dyce and on either side of the walkway, the grass has been cut,”