Archive for the ‘union place’ Category

Union Place

Posted: May 25, 2012 in union place

On behalf of residents, I have raised the condition of the roadway at the Union Place/Perth Road junction.    I am grateful to the council’s Roads Maintenance Partnership that has agreed to resurface here. The City Council has now released the following Public Notice about the work: THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) [...]

Road repairs …

Posted: September 4, 2011 in Paton's Lane, Perth Road, union place

Further to my recent item about the potholes residents had brought to my attention at the south end of Paton’s Lane, I am pleased to be advised by the council’s Roads Maintenance Partnership that : “An order has been raised for the repair of some small potholes near the Servite Housing in Paton’s Lane with a [...]

Following residents’ requests for better disabled parking facilities in the Union Place car park, I took up the matter with the City Council’s Head of Transportation. He has responded positively as follows : “As per your earlier request we have looked at the Union Place vicinity and are proposing to proceed with four marked Disabled [...]

Good to see the progress with the dropped kerbing programme on Perth Road, with the work starting earlier this week at the Union Place junction. The original intention had been to ensure full dropped kerbing on Perth Road on the north side between Duncan of Jordanstone and Sinderins but the good news is that the [...]

Just back from a ‘day job’ day in Tillicoultry to a load of phone messages and e-mails to follow up! On the way home, visited Union Place, where I have had complaints about a badly sited grit bin and the pavement condition caused by poor utilities’ repairs (see latter, right).    Have reported this to the [...]

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 [...]