Kintore

The plans in Aberdeenshire look set to go ahead, despite a council committee calling for refusal.

Nathan Few, 35, from Kintore, died after the collision on the B977 near Banchory.

Police urge the public to stay away from the area in Kintore and advise local residents to keep their windows and doors closed.

Aberdeenshire Council had expressed "regret" last year over how it announced the planned closures.

Options for the way forward are being explored, and a series of community meetings are to be held.

Live Life Aberdeenshire said the locations were seeing lower numbers of users in recent years.

They drive along part of the proposed network in Aberdeenshire in protest against the plans.

The 34-year-old was seriously injured in the incident in Aberdeenshire on Wednesday morning.