Pinegrove – an update

Earlier this month, I mentioned that I had responded to residents’ concerns about flooding on Perth Road at the entrance to Pinegrove (see right). I am pleased to advise that the City Council has responded as follows : “Following receipt of your email … the area inspector for Perth Road arranged for the jetting and clearing [...]

Pinegrove flooding

A couple of years ago, I raised, on behalf of residents, flooding at the entrance to Pinegrove on Perth Road.   At that time, the problem was resolved by the cleaning out of the polychannel. As you can see from the photograph below, the area was again flooded yesterday and at the request of residents, I have [...]

Flooding at Pinegrove

There has been a fair bit of flooding again at the pavement on Perth Road outside Pinegrove, and, following residents’ concerns, I contacted the City Engineer about this. I am pleased to say he has now responded advising that the Roads Maintenance section has confirmed that an Order has been raised for the cleaning out [...]

Last couple of days …

I attended the Blackness Area Residents’ Association meeting on Tuesday night, and amongst matters discussed was parking difficulties in Corso Street. I have raised this (and a number of other local issues) with the City Council. Wednesday night saw the launch meeting of the community group for Ancrum/Cleghorn/Pentland and surrounding areas at Balgay Church. I [...]

Pavements issues …

Over the past couple of days, I have received a number of pavement defects complaints. These include a drainage channel grid missing at the entrance to Pinegrove on Perth Road and further east along Perth Road at Ryehill Lane, a similar grid has fallen and stuck inside the drainage channel. I’ve reported all complaints to [...]

Good news at Pinegrove and Litter Bin replacement

Was pleased to see yesterday that the work I had requested to stop the flooding at the Pinegrove entrance in Perth Road was being undertaken (see left). However, following residents’ complaints about a litter bin destroyed by fire in Blackness Street (see right), I have requested that the Waste Management Department provides a new one.

Snow, flooding and budgets

Well, half the day was wasted in trying to drive to Stirling, failing to get much past Perth and then trying to get back to Dundee! When I finally did get back to Dundee, contacted Planning & Transportation regarding renewed flooding at Pinegrove’s Perth Road entrance. Also reported that the grid at the bottom of [...]

Good news at Pinegrove and Tay Square

Remember the mis-spelt name plate at Pinegrove in Shepherd’s Loan (from October 6th blog entry – click on headline above to read) – pleased to say received following news from Planning & Transportation today : “We have been notified by the contractor that the mis-spelt name plate for Shepherd’s Loan at Pinegrove should be replaced [...]