Councillros will be asked to approve almost £40 million of roads infrastructure improvements, considered vital for future house building in west Perth.
The first phase of the Perth Transport Futures Project will be the A9/A85 to Bertha Park link.
The project will cost an estimated £39.2m for the first two phases.
The local authority had controversially given Sainsbury’s the green light to proceed with the planned £40m supermarket at the former Perth mart site on Crieff Road prior to work taking place on the A9/A85.
Then, in August, Sainsbury’s announced that it was not going ahead with the Crieff Road store, putting the roads infrastructure and future housing in west Perth back in the spotlight.
A report written by Jillian Robinson, roads infrastructure manager for Perth and Kinross Council, states that the local authority will need to acquire additional land and rights either by negotiation or by compulsory purchase order (CPO) to facilitate phase one of the project.
If approved, the move will result in the local authority trying to buy land near McDiarmid Park, which will be part of a design for new access to the stadium.
In her report, Ms Robinson said: “Taking permanent rights allows for continued access and use of the land by St Johnstone.”
The report, which will be discussed at today’s meeting, details how the local authority plans to buy land for part of a new road section between the river Almond and the Bertha Park roundabout.
This will involve temporary works on the river bank and northern half of the riverbed to prevent adverse impacts on the river during the construction period.
In addition, the project will require the bank of the River Almond to be raised including the footpath and cycle path by 1,500mm for flood mitigation purposes.
Ms Robinson’s report confirms that discussions to purchase land by agreement are continuing with landowners but says that the local authority is proposing to use CPOs “in parallel” with these discussions.
If the project goes to plan, the local authority should be in a position to award the contract for the roads work in December next year, with construction planned for early 2016.