Above : I am pictured beside the box in question A new large-style utility box in the West End installed by BT Openreach has rightly incurred the wrath of local residents because, not only is it large and unsightly, it did not require planning permission to be installed. The box – on a prominent site [...]
Archive for the ‘Glamis Road’ Category
Roundabouts!
Posted: July 6, 2010 in Blackness Road, Glamis Drive, Glamis Road, Riverside Avenue, Riverside DriveI have recently had complaints about the conditions of a couple of roundabouts in the West End. Firstly – from a resident – “With regard to the state of the roundabout at the junction of Blackness Road and Glamis Road, it was laid out as low maintenance but increasingly the small bushes are being dwarfed [...]
Getting things done in the West End
Posted: April 3, 2010 in Glamis Road, Glamis Terrace, Hazel Avenue, Perth RoadA couple of updates : * Following my raising residents’ complaints about the potholed road surface in Perth Road at the Hazel Avenue junction, I have received the following feedback from the City Council : “The potholes you reported have been checked and an order for the repair of a number of potholes in the [...]
Last night at the City Council’s Development Quality Committee I move refusal of yet another unwelcome mobile phone mast proposal in the West End – this time at Glamis Road. Here was my motion : Reasons for Refusal : Application: 08/00839/FUL Address: Land Opposite Carseview Gardens, Glamis Road, Dundee Proposal: Installation of 14.2 Metre High [...]
The footway in Glamis Road on the east side – adjacent to Balgay Cemetery – is in poor condition. I have received complaints from residents about a problem of the surface erosion from rain here, and at the corner of Glamis Road and Elliot Road, it is exacerbated by the fact that rain water runs [...]
Invergowrie Drive – temporary road closure
Posted: November 10, 2008 in Glamis Road, Invergowrie Drive, Perth RoadI have received from the City Council the following temporary road closure notice. Having spoken with the Planning & Transportation Department about it, I am assured that, although it is for a maximum of four days, it is hoped that, weather permitting, the works will be completed in a maximum of two days. During the [...]
At the time of the recent resurfacing of the roadway around the roundabout at the west end of Blackness Road (at Glamis Drive/Road), I asked the City Council if a small environmental improvement scheme could be undertaken to make the rather drab roundabout a bit brighter and more attractive. The City Council kindly agreed to [...]
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 [...]
I have for some time had complaints about the condition of the roadway and roundabout at the junction of Blackness Road and Glamis Road. The roadway and kerbing is in poor shape and the roundabout drab. I have raised this with the City Council and have received the following feedback : “Blackness Road/Glamis Road junction [...]
Community Council Update
Posted: March 10, 2008 in Glamis Road, Magdalen View, Park Place, Perth Road, Riverside Drive, West End Community CouncilI have today launched my March 2008 update to West End Community Council. Issues covered include : * Bridge at Riverside Drive – flooding and potholes * Wheelie Bins – update * Footpath and kerbing repairs – Perth Road, Glamis Road and Park Place * Magdalen View – pedestrian access You can read a copy [...]
Residents here have pointed out to me the lack of bus shelters in Glamis Road between the Dickson Avenue roundabout at north and the Blackness Road roundabout to the south and, following my contacting the City Council about this, the location has been added to the list of outstanding bus shelter requests. The street here [...]
Latest West End Updates
Posted: April 11, 2007 in Airport, Blackness Road, Glamis Drive, Glamis Road, Shepherd's LoanFirstly, following a call from a concerned resident today to the effect that the “infra red” detector on the traffic lights at the top of Shepherd’s Loan have stopped operating (meaning that your car can sit there forever waiting on the green light), I spoke with the Planning & Transportation Department & the matter will [...]
