Archive for the ‘Shaftesbury Place’ Category

Back in August, I met with Shaftesbury Place residents and a member of the City Development Department of the City Council regarding the extremely poor condition of the unadopted Shaftesbury Place’s combined road/footway. Since then, I have been in correspondence with the council’s legal officers to ascertain what might be possible by way of getting [...]

Shaftesbury Place meeting

Posted: August 31, 2011 in Shaftesbury Place

Last night, I hosted a meeting at Blackness Library at which residents of the Shaftesbury Place area attended to discuss the extremely poor condition of the street’s unadopted roadway. A senior engineer from the City Council’s City Development Department attended to answer questions and provide advice. Following this meeting, I am now to discuss with [...]

Shaftesbury Place

Posted: August 18, 2011 in Shaftesbury Place

Some time ago, I highlighted the very poor state of the shared roadway/footway of Shaftesbury Place (see right).   It has never been adopted by the City Council and is one of relatively few unadopted roadways in the city (as opposed to unadopted footways of which there are well over a hundred). When the matter [...]

Shaftesbury Place

Posted: September 13, 2009 in Shaftesbury Place

The roadway of Shaftesbury Place is in a really poor state and has never been adopted by Dundee City Council.   Following requests from residents, I have written to the City Engineer about the matter.   It seems strange that the street was not adopted, given that all the adjacent streets are on the list of [...]