Blether Tay-Gither – Storytelling in Dundee

 

From Blether Tay-Gither :

 

Our February 2020 Blether will be on Tuesday 25th February – at 7pm at Madigan’s Tearoom and Bookshop at 25 Castle Street.

 

The Theme is “Leaps, Jumps and Dives” to mark this leap year.

 

Interpret this how you like with whatever story the words and your imagination conjures up.

 

Join us for a relaxed evening of stories and tales. bring a story or just come to listen. 

  

Hope to see some of you there – all welcome!

Botanic Garden event later today! #dundeewestend

Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

 

REPORT FOR WEST END WARD – SATURDAY 22 AND SUNDAY 23 FEBRUARY 2020

 

West Marketgait (North Marketgait to Ward Road) – closed southbound Saturday 22 – Monday 24 February for BT work.

 

REPORT FOR WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2020

 

Riverside Esplanade/Riverside Drive –overnight (7.30pm – 6.30am) nearside lane closures on Monday 24 February and Tuesday 25 February for Scottish Water work.

 

Riverside Drive (at Tesco) – overnight (7.30pm – 6.30am) nearside lane closures on Tuesday 25 February for Scottish Water work.

 

Forthcoming Roadworks

 

Milnbank Road (Bankmill Road to Rosefield Street) – closed on Monday 2 March for BT works.

 

Perth Road (at River Crescent) – temporary traffic lights from  Monday 2 March for one week for Scottish Water work.

 

West Marketgait (Greenmarket to Nethergate) – northbound lane closure on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 March for building maintenance works.

 

Nethergate (South Tay Street to West Marketgait) – closed on Sunday 15 March for building maintenance works.

Getting things done – Roseangle #dundeewestend

 

Residents have highlighted to me significant flooding again recently at the south end of Roseangle.

 

I raised this with the council’s Roads Maintenance Partnership and have been given an assurance that a gully motor will attend the site and deal with any gullies that are blocked.

Getting things done – Rosefield Place and Bankmill Road #dundeewestend

 

Following concerns from residents last week about the muddy state of the path that runs from Rosefield Place to Bankmill Road, I took this up with the environment manager for the West End.

 

I am grateful for his swift action in arranging getting this cleaned up.

School catchment area consultation – an update #dundeewestend

Last week, I advised that Dundee City Council has launched a consultation on a number of schools proposals.

 

Part of the proposals see substantial proposed changes to the catchment areas of the primary schools that are feeder schools to Harris Academy.

 

In the West End, there are significant proposed changes to the Blackness Primary, Victoria Park Primary and Ancrum Road Primary catchment areas.

 

I can now advise that consultation meetings about the West End proposals will take place on Wednesday 26th February and, again, on Monday 16th March, with a drop-in from 6pm to view the proposals and a presentation and Q&A session at 7pm – all welcome

 

You can view the full proposals here.

Getting things done – Magdalen Green #dundeewestend

Recently, the Friends of Magdalen Green highlighted to me the extent of overgrown foliage from the Network Rail land adjacent to the rail line protruding onto the Green – see right.

 

I took this up with Network Rail and am grateful for its prompt and comprehensive response in thinning out the vegetation.