The road safety charity Brake has again highlighted the need for slower traffic speeds in residential areas. This is an issue I have recently raised with the City Council again, following discussions with residents. Although the city has 20 mph speed limits outside schools when school children are coming to/going from school, there is a paucity of “Twenty’s [...]
Archive for the ‘Roads’ Category
Twenty’s Plenty in residential areas
Posted: June 16, 2011 in 20mph zones, Dundee City Council, RoadsI have today highlighted the huge job facing the City Council with potholes in road and re-lining works exacerbated by the recent adverse winter weather conditions and described the £15 million funding from Scottish Government that has to cover all 32 councils the length and breadth of Scotland as “totally inadequate for the job.” I have been [...]
The state of roads in the city has been a hot topic recently, with both constituents and in the local press. As always, I continue to raise with the City Council any concerns highlighted by constituents about roads condition in the West End. I have now asked from the City Engineer details as to how [...]
Winter maintenance
Posted: December 24, 2009 in Glamis Place, Roads, Shaftesbury Road, Taylor's LaneWith all the snow over the past few days, the feedback from residents is that the Roads Maintenance Partnership has copied generally very well with gritting across the city. There have been issues about the gritting of some residential streets – inevitable given the 330+ miles of non-trunk roads the council has to cover – [...]
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 [...]
Following a recent letter in the “Evening Telegraph” which called into question the City Council’s commitment to improving Dundee’s roads, many thanks to the Tele for printing my response (as City Council Planning & Transport Convener) in last night’s edition (See http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2008/09/30/letters.shtm) : Work ongoing to improve roads I refer to the comments by Road [...]
Next Monday’s Planning & Transport Committee
Posted: September 5, 2008 in Buses, Roads, UncategorizedI’m just back from running a conference in Crieff (day job!) which explains the lack of blog entries during the last couple of days. There’s a packed agenda for Planning & Transport Committee next Monday (8th September) – the council committee I chair – and the City Council has issued three news releases [...]
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.
Planning & Transport Committee – news releases
Posted: June 2, 2008 in Cycling, Roads, Safer Streets, Street Lighting, Walking, WaterfrontThree City Council news releases just issued, covering issues to be covered at the Planning & Transport Committee that I will chair next Monday, 9th June : STREET LIGHTING SUCCESS Street lights in Dundee have fewer faults that are fixed quicker than in any other Scottish city. The figures, revealed in a new report to [...]
Last night’s “Evening Telegraph” and this morning’s “Courier” covered the success of the City Council’s new Rapid Rhino repairs system for potholes in the city’s roads (click on headline to view the Tele’s article). I have also been interviewed by Radio Tay on the subject. I certainly believe that, over time, this system will make [...]
Before Christmas, a local resident was very unfortunately involved in an accident at the Sinderins junction (a pedestrian crossing near Shepherd’s Loan). I have already been in discussion with the City Council about the operation of the Sinderins Junction (Perth Road/Hawkhill/Blackness Avenue/Shepherd’s Loan) and have requested a site visit with road safety staff. I will [...]
