Tidy up at former McCheyne Church on Perth Road

Almost exactly a year ago, I reported the tidy up of the grounds of the former McCheyne Church on Perth Road at the top of Shepherd’s Loan. Over the past year, the grounds have become overgrown again (and rather badly at the front) and I have been in touch with the City Council’s Planning Enforcement [...]

High Mill

I recently received complaints from residents about the overgrown state of the grass area north of High Mill at Steven’s Yard, adjacent to Shepherd’s Loan. I am very grateful to the City Council’s Planning Enforcement Officer who, at my request, contacted the landowners to get the very overgrown grass cut. As you can see below, [...]

Refuse collection – Thomson Street and Shepherd’s Loan

Following problems with the bin collection at Thomson Street yesterday that I raised with the Waste Management Department on behalf of residents, the City Council has advised : “… there was no access to part of Thomson Street on Monday 21/2/11 due to further road works.  We made arrangements to uplift all bags presented at collection time [...]

Shepherd’s Loan

I have received complaints from residents that the lamp post on the west side of Shepherd’s Loan opposite the mouth to High Mill is damaged (see right). I have ensured this is reported to the Street Lighting Partnership for repair.

Brown bin collection – Shepherd’s Loan

Following a concern raised in Shepherd’s Loan that the last brown bin collection of garden waste did not appear to have happened, the Waste Management Department advises : “All bins that were presented to to pavement were emptied by the crews.   The problem I suspect is that because the compost routes are lighter due to [...]

Friday update

My comments on the latest situation regarding the weather and winter maintenance in the West End and across Dundee were reported in last night’s “Evening Telegraph” and today’s “Courier” – you can read the article from the Tele by going to http://tiny.cc/wintermaintdundee. I was pleased to receive confirmation from the City Council’s Chief Executive today [...]

McCheyne Memorial Church – Council to consider Direct Action

As reported in yesterday’s ‘Courier’, a City Council Planning Enforcement Officer has advised me that, following my requests on behalf of residents to get the owner of the McCheyne Church to tidy the badly overgrown grounds : “I have tried repeatedly to contact the owner on the mobile telephone number you gave me and left [...]

High Mill area – overgrowth tackled

As reported in last night’s “Evening Telegraph”, I am pleased that, following the intervention of the City Council’s planning enforcement staff, a Belgium-based developer has finally commenced the tidying of a badly overgrown area of ground in the Shepherd’s Loan area. Residents and I had contacted the City Council regarding the badly overgrown condition of [...]

Variation of Waiting Restrictions

Below is the Notice of Proposal relating to a Traffic Order – the full schedule for the whole of the City will appear in tonight’s Evening Telegraph, but I have indicated those parts of the schedule that cover proposals in respect of streets in the West End Ward : DUNDEE CITY COUNCILROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT [...]

Winter in Pitlochry … and unsightly overgrowth at High Mill

As the photos above show, it was a pretty snowy day in Pitlochry today, where I and a couple of colleagues from Dundee Liberal Democrats were again helping our Perth & Kinross Highland Ward colleagues, who are contesting a by-election later this month. Although the snow was on, it was actually a beautiful morning – [...]

Latest West End Updates

Firstly, following a call from a concerned resident today to the effect that the “infra red” detector on the traffic lights at the top of Shepherd’s Loan have stopped operating (meaning that your car can sit there forever waiting on the green light), I spoke with the Planning & Transportation Department & the matter will [...]

Sinderins and Recycling Update

Following yesterday’s site visit to the Sinderins junction (pictured right) – see story immediately below!- I was advised last night that the Planning & Transportation Department arranged for the detector at Shepherd’s Loan to be replaced yesterday afternoon and the new, different style detector, is functioning much better. Pleased to also advise that a new [...]

Sinderins Junction

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 [...]

Sign to be sorted

Further to the mis-spelt sign at Pinegrove (to see earlier story click on headline above), good news from the Planning & Transportation Department (as I plough through my e-mail backlog tonight!) : “Tayside Contracts did inform us that the Shepherd’s Loan sign had been mis-spelt. A replacement sign has already been ordered and will be [...]

Lunch with the Bridge Project … and its great to be able to spell!

Its probably a sign of age, but, given that I feel I have some grasp of grammar and spelling, I get a bit irritated at spelling and grammatical errors. Now, it was really nice of the City Council to react so very quickly to my request for signs at Pinegrove, but the one at ShepHerd’s [...]