Earlier today, I took part in the latest meeting of the Balgay Stakeholders’ Group at which City Council Environment Department staff, Friends of Balgay and West End councillors discuss issues at Balgay Hill, Balgay Park and Victoria Park. Following on from the highly successful West End litter pick and graffiti clean-up last week, the Friends [...]
Archive for the ‘Litter’ Category
Earlier today, around 70 of us spent four hours litter picking and removing graffiti right across the West End – from Lochee Road in the north right down to Riverside Drive in the south. Helpers included local residents, community groups, local businesses including Barnetts Motor Group and Tesco Riverside, persons on the Community Payback Scheme, [...]
On Radio Tay News about today’s West End Clean Up
Posted: May 16, 2012 in graffiti, Litter, Radio Tay, West EndA large group of us are getting together later this morning to do a litter and graffiti clean-up of the West End. If you are able to help, just turn up outside Sensation in Greenmarket at 11am. I was on Radio Tay News about this today – click ‘play’ to listen:
I was on the Wave 102 news this morning about the forthcoming West End community clean-up – press ‘play’ below to listen:
On Wednesday 16th May, there will be a great clean-up of litter and clean-off of graffiti right across the West End. Building on an initiative by the University of Dundee as part of Keep Scotland Tidy’s National Spring Clean (see below), I have now secured support from the staff at a major West End business, [...]
I was pleased to be advised by the City Council’s Waste Management Department this week of progress towards implementing a litter protocol for schoolchildren in the city. Having received complaints from residents over past months about litter left at lunchtimes in the Perth Road area, I have been in touch with both Harris Academy and [...]
As reported in today’s ‘Courier’, over the weekend, I was contacted by residents who were angry at the litter mess on Magdalen Green had been left in by some people picnicking on the Green in the warm weather. The Green was a fair mess, particularly on Saturday morning, and although the majority of people using [...]
A useful time at lunchtime yesterday with a joint surgery with Alison McInnes MSP at Dundee University Students’ Association – good in particular to speak with two of the DUSA office bearers about issues affecting the student community and, in particular, how the City Council can assist. This morning participated in a West End Community [...]
Visited the Cyrenians in Soapwork Lane near Bell Street/Meadowside recently about a couple of issues including the lack of a litter bin near their entrance. Took this up with the City Council and Waste Management has now responded positively: “Hi Fraser, we are arranging for a pole mounted bin to be erected in this area.”
Phone Boxes, Litter again and Pennycook Lane
Posted: October 28, 2006 in Ford's Lane, Litter, Magdalen Place, Pennycook LaneYou’ll recall that last month I raised concerns with BT about the condition of the phone box in Milnbank Road (see http://frasermacpherson.blogspot.com/2006/09/fords-lane-good-news-telephone-box.html) – I have e-mailed them again about this and at the same time have raised residents’ concerns about the graffiti on the phone box in Magdalen Place – see below. The Courier contacted [...]
Since the schools went back for the autumn term, I’ve had a lot of complaints again about the amount of litter being dropped at lunchtimes in the Perth Road shopping area and the area westwards back towards the Harris. Having been in touch with both the Head Teacher at Harris Academy and the Waste Management [...]
