I am disappointed at the decision by Stagecoach Strathtay to withdraw the 72 bus service around part of the West End, although relieved that concerns about the 69 service which covers a larger route in the West End are unfounded and it is not being withdrawn. I was contacted at the end of last week [...]
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BBC, Community Council, local TV and Bus Timetables!
Posted: September 10, 2008 in 69 bus, 72 bus, digital television, West End Community CouncilI was contacted by the BBC yesterday following the decision of the Planning & Transport Committee of the City Council on Monday evening to undertake a £150 000 study into protecting the city from flooding – you can read the report of this on the BBC website by following this link : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7606918.stm Last night [...]
Dundee’s success in terms of gaining funding from the “Smarter Choices Smarter Places” initiative has been well reported today in the media. Two leading examples : The Courier : http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2008/08/14/newsstory11804006t0.asp BBC : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7558556.stm On another matter, delighted to see the buses returning to Perth Road east of Sinderins and Nethergate from this morning. I’ve been [...]
Martin Hall of Stagecoach Strathtay and I had an excellent meeting with over 40 residents at the Paton’s Lane Sheltered Lounge this afternoon about the future of the 72 bus service. The news release below expands upon the situation – but the key points are : * There will be three full journey routes each [...]
A busy day Monday and apart from an awful lot of day job work starting very early morning – I have a large conference to organise coming up fast! - it included the following : * Interview with Wave 102 about moves towards local television in Dundee and Tayside/Fife as a whole. You can hear this [...]
Firstly, after a week of detailed discussions within the City Council, I am pleased to report significant progress towards ensuring the 72 bus service continues. After a meeting with the Chief Executive of the City Council today, I spoke again with the Operations Manager at Stagecoach Strathtay, and thereafter over 50 phone calls to residents [...]
Today started with a site visit to look at various manhole covers on Perth Road west of the Invercarse Hotel – these have sunk (as the photo – right – shows) and the site visit with a local resident and City Council officials has resulted in various repairs being raised with Scottish Water and British [...]
Tonight I attended two of the stakeholder meetings on parking issues in the West End. A very useful presentation from the consultants and productive discussion thereafter. I recently successfully moved refusal of the Tay Rope Works latest planning application (16th June – click on headline above to view). I learned today that the developer has [...]
This morning, I chaired (most of the) TACTRAN Board meeting in Stirling and I am most grateful to Councillor Alan Jack (the Vice Chair, a member of Perth & Kinross Council) who kindly chaired the final item so I could get back to Dundee … Why ? There was a packed meeting took place at [...]
Following today’s news from Stagecoach Strathtay that they intend to withdraw the Number 72 bus service from 18th July, I have spoken with numerous residents who are very surprised and dismayed by the bus company’s decision to remove this local bus service. I understand that Stagecoach Strathtay’s proposal to remove the 72 service is part [...]
West End Bus Matters …
Posted: April 18, 2008 in 72 bus, Blackness Road, Bus Services, Buses, Glamis Drive, Glamis Road, Magdalen Yard Road, Ninewells Avenue, RoseangleThere have been quite a few bus related queries this week. Firstly, with regard to the roadworks at the roundabout at Blackness Road/Glamis Road/Glamis Drive (see right), residents had contacted me to complain that, although there was a temporary bus stop in location on the inbound route at the roadworks, no such facility exisited for [...]
Latest West End & City Centre news
Posted: March 10, 2007 in 72 bus, Commercial Street, Invercarse, Magdalen Green, Magdalen Yard Road, Perth RoadAn extremely busy week dealing with issues right across the West End and City Centre areas. On Tuesday, we had a site visit to Magdalen Green with residents, representatives from the embryonic “Friends of Magdalen Green” group, the Police and Leisure & Communities staff to look at the parking problems. Additionally, good news – the [...]
Dumped Rubbish Sorted, 72 bus service
Posted: January 10, 2007 in 72 bus, West End Community CouncilProductive Community Council meeting in the West End tonight with useful presentations from Tayside Fire & Safety and Tayside Police. And good to see that the Community Council proposal for an “Ultimate” field has been agreed by the Leisure & Communities Department, subject to approval at next Monday’s Leisure & Arts Services Committee. Pleased to [...]
West End Christmas Week, No 72 bus service
Posted: November 27, 2006 in 72 bus, West End Christmas WeekUseful meetings this morning with the Head of Finance and the Council Leader. This afternoon we had an excellent final meeting of the West End Christmas Week Committee before next week’s activities. At the end of this blog entry, I’ll list some of the activities – but do please look at www.westendpyro.com for full details! [...]
Loans Scheme, Superannuation Matters, 72 bus again and Community Council
Posted: November 15, 2006 in 72 bus, FOCUS, Loans, West End Christmas Week, West End Community CouncilProductive West End Community Council meeting last night – was able to update everyone on the progress regarding Magdalen Green and also the West End Christmas Week (the minutes of the latter group can be read on the Community Council website at http://www.wecc.org.uk/Traders.htm). I’ve had many requests from residents for copies of the new 72 [...]
With thanks to Suzy Scott of Scotbus fame (http://www.scotbus.com/) and also the City Council Planning and Transportation Department, here’s news of changes to the 72 bus service running through the West End. From Monday 6th November, in addition to the Travel Dundee changes, Stagecoach Strathtay 72 wiill be merged with Stagecoach Fife 90 (Dundee – [...]
