Further to my article last month about possible future Park and Ride facilities sited in the west of the city and the subsequent decision by the regional transport partnership TACTRAN to progress the proposal for siting the facility at Wright Avenue, I sought, on behalf of constituents, some reassurances from TACTRAN about the facility. The [...]
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Park and Ride proposals for the West End
Posted: November 8, 2011 in Dundee City Council, parking, TACTRAN, West End Community CouncilTonight’s West End Community Council meeting featured a presentation from representatives from the City Council and TACTRAN (the regional transport partnership) on their proposals for park and ride facilities in the west of the city. The briefing note you can download at http://tinyurl.com/dundeep-ride describes the process undertaken to identify possible Park and Ride sites. As you see [...]
As reported in tonight’s Evening Telegraph, I have utterly condemned the parking charges increases at Ninewells Hospital as a tax on ill-health. The Scottish Government promised to end parking charges at hospitals across Scotland but has failed to do so at Ninewells Hospital, where even short term stays are now £1.90. Staff now pay [...]
Dismay as City Council postpones residents’ parking consultation yet again
Posted: August 25, 2011 in Dundee City Council, parkingAs reported in today’s Courier, I have expressed dismay that, yet again, City Council officials have conceded that there will be yet further delays to the proposed consultation with West End residents in the area around the West End shops and up to Blackness Road for a possible residents’ parking scheme to improve the very [...]
Demand Responsive Transport and Park and Ride – an update
Posted: July 10, 2011 in parking, Public Transport, TACTRANI have received a number of residents’ enquiries recently about progress in getting park and ride in Dundee – particularly to the west and south of the city. Having moved forward the Park and Ride issue when I was chair of TACTRAN, the regional transport partnership, between 2007 and 2009, I asked TACTRAN for [...]
Getting things done … Disabled Parking Bays – Union Place car park
Posted: March 31, 2011 in parking, union placeFollowing residents’ requests for better disabled parking facilities in the Union Place car park, I took up the matter with the City Council’s Head of Transportation. He has responded positively as follows : “As per your earlier request we have looked at the Union Place vicinity and are proposing to proceed with four marked Disabled [...]
Tuesday and Wednesday …
Posted: March 16, 2011 in Claypotts Castle Primary School, Deaf Action, Magdalen Green, parking, Tay Rail BridgeYesterday morning, I had a very useful meeting with the City Council’s Head of Transportation about parking issues. Last night, I took the minutes at the latest committee meeting of Friends of Magdalen Green, at which we had a very productive discussion on local matters, including consultation with local residents on new BBQ tables on [...]
Last week, I attended a highly interesting and enjoyable lunchtime workshop at the University of Abertay Dundee about the possibility of Dundee establishing a city-wide car sharing scheme. The session was chaired by Chas Ball, Director of Carplus, who promote responsible car use through car sharing clubs. I see real potential for this in Dundee [...]
Further to my article on 11th October and, as reported in today’s Courier, I met with the Director of City Development at Dundee City Council yesterday over delays to the start of work on improving residents’ parking in the area of the West End south of Blackness Road, along the Perth Road shopping corridor, and [...]
Concern about residents’ parking promise being “kicked into the long grass”
Posted: October 11, 2010 in Dundee City Council, parkingAs reported in today’s “Courier”, I have expressed concern that the City Council may be “kicking into the long grass” improvements to residents’ parking in parts of the West End – work on which was originally supposed to have started this summer and is now likely to be seriously delayed. The parking situation in the affected area [...]
Monday …
Posted: September 27, 2010 in Dundee City Council, Harris Academy, Mitchell Street, parkingAfter attending today’s meeting of the Best Value Review of Child Protection Services, I held my usual Monday surgeries at the Mitchell Street Centre and at Harris Academy, and I then took part in tonight’s City Council committee meetings. At Education Committee, I asked questions about the latest report on the proposed Harris Academy rebuild. Following [...]
Tonight’s ‘Evening Telegraph’ covers the issue of West End residents’ parking and includes some views from local residents and traders, together with my own comments arising out of my recent blog update highlighting delays in moving forward proposals to improve parking in parts of the area. You can read the ‘Evening Telegraph’ article at http://tiny.cc/tele-parking.
Earlier this year, I updated residents on the report that had been discussed at City Development Committee about improving residents’ parking in areas of the city where there are particular problems, including parts of the West End, particularly approximately east of Sinderins and south of Blackness Road. At the time the report was approved back [...]
West End Local Community Planning Partnership meeting
Posted: February 18, 2010 in Bus Services, graffiti, Park Place Nursery School, Park Place Primary School, parking, St Joseph's Primary SchoolI’ve been in Glasgow for the past couple of days with the ‘day job’ but back in Dundee tonight. No surgery at Blackness Primary School as the school was closed today (an in-service day) but tonight saw the West End local community planning partnership meeting take place at the Tartan Coffee House in Perth Road. [...]
Concern over council’s Hunter Street car park u-turn
Posted: February 6, 2010 in Hawkhill, Hunter Street, parkingAs reported in today’s Courier, I have raised my concerns that Dundee City Council appears to be backtracking on promises to construct a multi-storey car park in the city’s Hunter Street/Hawkhill that would have provided much needed parking adjacent to the University of Dundee campus and have eased the parking difficulties for residents across the [...]
Weekend West End Updates
Posted: January 23, 2010 in Bankmill Road, Benvie Road, Blackness Primary School, parking, SeabreasA few Saturday West End updates : * Seabraes : Following residents’ requests, I asked for litter bins both at the steps and along the path from Greenmarket to Roseangle. I am pleased to say that Scottish Enterprise Tayside has agreed to pay for bins around the steps area (in a style to fit in [...]
Earlier this week, I updated residents on http://www.dundeewestend.com/ about the recent report to City Development Committee of Dundee City Council on residents’ parking. Last night, the Evening Telegraph ran a news article on the subject, including my comments, and you can read this by going to http://tinyurl.com/teleparking.
Parking, buses and school class sizes …
Posted: January 12, 2010 in Buses, Dundee City Council, Education, parkingLast night’s City Council committee meetings were lengthy, at some three hours in total, and a number of important subjects were discussed, including : Parking : The long-awaited report on residents’ parking, looking at five areas of the city including the area approximately east of Sinderins from Roseangle/Magdalen Yard Road in the south to Blackness [...]
Improving parking in the West End
Posted: October 29, 2009 in Brown Street, Forest Park Place, Forest Park Road, parking, Pleasance Court, Seafield Lane, Thomson StreetI have been in touch recently with Home Scotland, one of the major housing association landlords in the West End, about complaints from residents that the car parks designed for them as Home Scotland tenants were being used by non-residents, simply parking there to avoid parking charges in the City Centre. The main complaints in [...]
An issue that constituents have brought to my attention recently is an anomoly in Dundee City Council’s criteria for the allocation of disabled parking bays that, in my view and the view of the constituents who contacted me, is discriminating against some residents in the city who have mobility difficulties. The City Council’s criteria for allocating [...]
As reported in today’s “Courier”, I am pleased with progress thus far with the proposed new multi-storey car park in Hunter Street, in place of the existing surface car parking facilities. The City Engineer has advised me that the project has been advertised in the European Journal. The assessment panel has now been identified [...]
As today’s “Courier” mentions, I have backed new speed limit guidelines for residential streets, where these are appropriate. This follows news that the Department for Transport is this week expected to start consulting on new speed limit guidelines across England and Wales and media reports indicate that the Scottish Government may follow suit (go to [...]
There is an article in today’s Courier (see http://www.thecourier.co.uk/output/2008/12/31/newsstory12445454t0.asp) regarding the continuing – and, indeed, increasing – parking charges at Ninewells Hospital and I spoke on Radio Tay this morning about the issue. I made clear that SNP Ministers are shedding crocodile tears over the matter, having made little effort to tackle the issue of [...]
Today’s “Courier” covered the issue of parking enforcement into the evenings, arising out of the decision by Aberdeen City Council to extend its parking enforcement arrangements. Although there are no immediate proposals to do so in Dundee, as the City Council’s Planning & Transport Convener, I did say that “We always keep a close eye [...]
On 2nd September, BBC Scotland announced : “NHS car parking charges abolished An interim cap of £3 per day has been in place since January. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the move would help reaffirm the NHS’s founding principle of healthcare free at the point of delivery.” What, of course, Nicola Cheerful failed to confirm [...]
I have spent the last few days in Manchester at my employer’s Annual Conference – a short video clip of the rather superb gospel singers at the Institute’s Performance Awards Dinner is at : http://www.blogger.com/video-play.mp4?contentId=4d3cee395a2a6b52&type=video%2Fmp4 Whilst I was out of town, there’s been some discussion in the local press about parking in the West End. [...]
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 [...]
West End Community Council Update
Posted: June 9, 2008 in parking, Post Offices, Roads, West End Community CouncilI’ve launched today my June 2008 Update to West End Community Council. Issues covered include Post Office closures, residents’ parking and roads/pavement issues. If you click on the headline above, you can download the update.
Tonight … and parking again …
Posted: June 4, 2008 in Ancrum, Cleghorn Area, Community Spirit, parking, PentlandA very informative meeting of the “Community Spirit” group for the north of the ward (Ancrum, Pentland, Cleghorn, etc) tonight with an excellent presentation from a representative of the Waste Management Department and a good discussion thereafter on cleansing, graffiti and recycling issues – to name just three. Am meeting the parking consultants tomorrow morning [...]
I’ve been in discussion with City Council Planning & Transportation officials over the past few days regarding concerns about delivery delays to some residents of the survey on parking issues. The Council’s parking consultants have now agreed to meet with me in my capacity as Planning and Transport Convener to discuss the concerns and to [...]
