Balgay Road – road flooding – update

Further to my recent article about flooding across Balgay Road, I have received the following feedback from Dundee City Council : “The Road Maintenance Partnership inspector has checked the gully at this area of flooding on Balgay Road and has cleared debris from the gully grating which allowed the remaining standing water to drain away.   [...]

Balgay Road – road flooding

I have received concerns from residents about flooding on the roadway of Balgay Road north of the junction with Sycamore Place  - see photo (right). I have raised this matter on their behalf with the City Council’s Road Maintenance Partnership.

City Council meeting tonight

Road safety improvements welcomed Tonight saw the last City Council committee meetings prior to the summer recess and there was a substantial amount of business on agendas.     At City Development Committee, I welcomed the proposal that the Blackness Road/Blackness Avenue/Balgay Road junction (see right) will be subject to road safety improvements over the [...]

Dundee in the 1950s

For some superb photographs of Dundee in the 1950s at http://www.normanmoore.com/dundee/.    Here’s Balgay Road – below :

Weeds on local roads

I complained bitterly last year about the extent of weeds on road edges and pavements in the West End, and all credit to the City Development Department – weed spraying in the West End was started earlier this year and I have had far fewer complaints from residents this year. In response to an e-mail [...]

Back from London and back to backlog!

The theory of course was that I’d do a post on the blog yesterday but only two and a bit days away in London and there was a massive amount to catch up on yesterday (and today!) London consisted of meetings and one nice Dinner really but I did take a short walk from the [...]