On behalf of tenants in Polepark Road, I recently asked the Housing Department of the City Council to tidy up the very untidy areas to the back of the flats on the east side of the street. With thanks to the department, the area is now looking a lot better :
Archive for the ‘Polepark Road’ Category
Midweek Update!
Posted: June 22, 2011 in 69 bus, Bus Services, Community Spirit, Dundee City Council, Larch Street, Magdalen Green, Nethergate, Polepark Road, Ryehill Lane, West End Community CouncilA busy week thus far, so quite a few things to update on : * I had a very useful and productive meeting today with the Head of Transportation and the Sustainable Transport Team Leader at the City Council to discuss local bus services, including the report going to the City Development Committee on Monday [...]
Progress on controlled entry systems
Posted: May 1, 2011 in Affordable Housing, Blackness Road, Polepark Road, Saggar StreetI reported last November that the City Council intended using legislation under the Tenement (Scotland) Act 2004 to ballot owners in blocks of flats where there is a mix of owner occupiers and council tenants to see if a majority will agree to the installation of controlled entry systems. This is to ensure that the previous problem of just one [...]
Polepark Road/Brook Street speed/safety survey
Posted: April 14, 2011 in Brook Street, Edward Street, Polepark RoadLast month, following requests from a number of residents who had expressed concern to me about the speed of some vehicles on Polepark Road/Brook Street near the Edward Street junction, the City Council undertook a speed/safety survey and I have now been given feedback as follows: “The speed survey is now complete where the speed detection [...]
Long term empty council house in Polepark Road to be finally brought back into use
Posted: April 7, 2011 in Affordable Housing, Polepark RoadI have welcomed news that the City Council has, after an options appraisal, finally decided to renovate a badly damaged council house in Polepark Road and bring it back into the tenancy pool. The property has sat empty since it was abandoned in August 2008 and I have been in contact with the Housing Department to [...]
Polepark Road – empty houses concern
Posted: March 4, 2011 in Affordable Housing, Dundee City Council, Polepark RoadI am very concerned that a council bedsit in Polepark Road has been lying empty for well over two years (since September 2008 to be exact). I raised this with the Director of Housing and was advised : “This property was extensively damaged – provisional estimated cost £20 K.+ – when recovered as an abandonment [...]
Polepark Road/Brook Street – speeding concern
Posted: March 1, 2011 in Brook Street, Edward Street, Polepark RoadA number of residents have expressed concern to me about the speed of some vehicles on Polepark Road/Brook Street near the Edward Street junction. I have raised this concern with Dundee City Council and have received assurances that the matter will be addressed with speed data analysed.
Temporary Traffic Order – Smellies Lane, Ash Street and West Hendersons Wynd
Posted: February 16, 2010 in Ash Street, Brook Street, Douglas Street, Lochee Road, Polepark Road, Smellies Lane, West Hendersons WyndReceived today from the City Council : Dundee City Council proposes to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose of facilitating gas main replacement works. The Order is expected to be in force for five weeks from 8 March 2010. Its maximum duration in terms of [...]
Westbound – Lochee Road
Posted: June 15, 2008 in Blinshall Street, Brook Street, Hawkhill, North Marketgait, Polepark Road, West MarketgaitThe City Council has advised me that from 17th June – for four nights – westbound traffic on Lochee Road between Blinshall Street and the North Marketgait roundabout will be prohibited between 7pm and 2am each night. I am advised that this is because of telecommunications ducting works and the alternative route is via West [...]
West Loan, Polepark Playpark (again), Perth Road area, Seabraes good news …
Posted: July 1, 2007 in Perth Road, Polepark Road, Seabreas, West LoanWith thanks to colleagues, we finished the last of the latest West End FOCUS deliveries yesterday & whilst delivering the West Loan area (north side of Perth Road just west of Clouvis Duveau Drive) I was pleased to note the Leisure & Communities Department busy tidying the overgrown grass here (see photo, above right). Following [...]
Parking at Polepark, Street Cleaning and Heating Charges – Blackness Court and Sinderins Court
Posted: March 13, 2007 in Blackness Court, Polepark Road, Sinderins CourtHad useful meetings with residents today – one about street cleaning in a West End street, the other about the parking problems in Polepark Road. Also been in touch with the Courier today following on from the article about the large increase in heating changes at Blackness Court and Sinderins Court – here’s a copy [...]
