Walkabout – Blackness area

A foggy Abbotsford Street Yesterday, along with Housing and Environment Department Officers and representatives of Blackness Area Housing Association, I took part in a walkabout around the Blackness area – in particular, Corso Street, Abbotsford Place, Blackness Road, Peddie Street, Blackness Avenue and Abbotsford Street – to look at any local issues such as graffiti, road [...]

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 [...]

Road safety success at Sinderins

I’m pleased to see that, following my last update about pedestrian safety at the Blackness Avenue/Hawkhill junction, the City Council has erected the agreed six bollards at the footpath edge on Blackness Avenue and immediately to the east on Hawkhill. These will emphasise to drivers not to drive too close to the pavement along Hawkhill, where pupils are [...]

Thursday …

Back in June, I reported on a useful site visit held then with City Council road safety officers, West End Community Council and Blackness Primary School Parent Council representatives about road safety at the Sinderins junction.   The time length of the noise signal to advise pedestrians that it is safe to cross east-west at the [...]

Second estate walkabout of the week …

This morning, along with two of my ward colleagues, City Council officers and members of Blackness Area Residents’ Association, we had a “walkabout” around Corso Street, Abbotsford Place and Street, Peddie Street and parts of Blackness Road and Blackness Avenue to look at any repairs required and issues needing tackled in the area.    Another useful [...]

Tuesday news …

This morning, I was disappointed to hear from the City Council about vandalism to the paper recycling facility in Brook Street. The Recycling Projects Officer advised me : “I am writing to inform you that unfortunately a paper bin within the Neighbourhood Recycling Point on Brook Street Dundee was burnt out at the weekend, now [...]

Sinderins – pedestrian safety – an update

Last month, I reported on the site visit I organised with City Council, community council and parent council representatives about pedestrian safety at the Sinderins junction. I have now had the following positive feedback from the City Council : “Regarding your concerns relating to the operation of the traffic signal junction at Perth Road / [...]

Safe crossings for the West End

This morning along with residents, including parents of pupils at Blackness Primary School and representatives of West End Community Council, I attended a site visit at the Sinderins junction with a representative of the council’s City Development Department. We discussed the safe functioning of the junction and in particular the pedestrian crossing West-East from the [...]

Crossing Blackness Avenue

Following concerns I have received about the “green man” time for pedestrians crossing Blackness Avenue from the library to Hawkhill, I have again raised the matter with the City Council. I have received the following feedback from the City Development Department : “The lights at Blackness Library have been modernised and are now of the [...]

Two Friday updates

Update 1 : Replacement School Crossing Patroller for Blackness Primary School at Hawkhill – latest from Dundee City Council this afternoon : “Good Afternoon Cllr Macpherson, I am pleased to inform you that we have now been able to arrange for the above SCP to be manned with effect from lunch time on Tue 27 [...]

Abbotsford Place and Blackness Avenue

Following concerns raised by residents about the extent of slippy leaves on the pavements here, I have been in touch with the City Council’s Waste Management Department about this.   The photo (right) shows the pavement at the Blackness Avenue end of Abbotsford Place.

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 [...]

Further bus concerns

There has recently been considerable concern raised across the City by changes to Travel Dundee bus routes and timetables, introduced on 2nd November. As City Council Planning & Transport Convener, I recently chaired a meeting of City Councillors and a representative of the bus company at which councillors from across the City highlighted constituents’ concerns [...]

Street sign vandalism reported

Thanks to those residents who have complained to me about graffiti vandalism of a number of local street signs at: * Blackness Avenue (opposite Hillcrest Road) * Elm Street (south junction with Logie Avenue) * Logie Avenue (at south junction with Elm Street – see above right) These signs can be repaired by cleaning rather [...]

Black Street and Blackness Avenue

I’ve recently approached the City Council calling for an improvement to the play area in Black Street. It lacks play equipment (as the photo – right – shows) and has in the past been subject to vandalism. Last year, bonfires were lit on the tarmac surface, causing damage (see below). I have been speaking with [...]

Recycling and graffiti …

Attended the photocall in Blackness Avenue this morning (along with representatives of Blackness Area Residents’ Association and councillor colleagues) to mark the installation of the city’s 50th neighbourhood recycling point – see photo (right). You can also read the story in tonight’s “Evening Telegraph” by clicking on the headline above. Further to last Saturday’s blog [...]

Blackness Road and Blackness Avenue junction

Recently a number of constituents have raised concerns about the operation of the juunction of Blackness Road/Blackness Avenue and wondered if it would operate better as a roundabout rather than the present give way. As one resident put it, “The junction is used fairly evenly by all of the routes entering it, so I think [...]

Latest updates …

Pleased to say that I have been advised that the potholes I had complained about on Perth Road at the Invergowrie Drive junction (following residents contacting me) were repaired last Friday. I had a complaint that part of the tiling at the pedestrian crossing (Blackness Avenue junction crossing east to west near Perth Road) was [...]

Week Round Up!

An exceptionally busy week both with my day job (as I am running a large conference next week) and with City Council and West End matters, so here’s a brief summary! * Tait’s Lane : Had complaints about the general tidiness of the lane and the pathway that runs from the lane to Peddie Street [...]

Blackness Avenue

Back in September (click on headline to view) I complained to the Planning & Transportation Department about a damaged street sign in Blackness Avenue (half of it missing actually!) Send a reminder about this recently as it was still not sorted. Please to advise of following feedback today: “Thank you for your email regarding the [...]