Getting things done – Oxford Street and Eton Street #dundeewestend

Residents have raised the issue of the missing goal posts at the Oxford Street/Eton Street grass area.   The former ones are pictured below.

We raised this with the City Council and have received helpful feedback as follows from our local environment manager :

“I am aware that the eleven a side goals were removed from this location some time ago and that this site is no longer a bookable and useable eleven a side pitch for association football matches. 

However, I have discussed this site with colleagues to provide a suitable “kick about area” for local children by installing a smaller football area for use, although this will be an unmarked pitch.

We have provisional plans to install / form the smaller football area using smaller seven a side sized goals. I have no provisional timeframe for the installation at this time but we are progressing towards this. 

Please leave this with me and I will provide you with an additional update as soon as possible.”

Getting things done – Eton Street #dundeewestend

Residents recently highlighted to us the deterioration in part of the road surface at Eton Street – see photo :

We reported this to the City Council’s Roads Maintenance Partnership and have since received this helpful reply :

“Thank you for your report.    An order has been raised for repairs to be carried out.”

Getting things done – Eton Street and Oxford Street #dundeewestend

Following residents asking my colleague Michael Crichton and me if an additional litter bin could be placed in the grass area at Oxford Street/Eton Street, we contacted the council and this has now been provided.   

We have also asked for more frequent emptying of the nearby dog bin, at the request of residents.

Getting things done – grass area at Oxford Street/Elliot Road/Cambridge Street/Eton Street #dundeewestend

Residents highlighted to me at the weekend that, following Storm Arwen before Christmas, two felled and cut up Cypress trees are sitting at the grass playing field area at Oxford Street/Elliot Road/Cambridge Street/Eton Street, awaiting uplift.

I raised this with the council’s Senior Forestry and Arboricultural Officer who has helpfully responded as follows :

“I can confirm that the two Cypress trees extracted to the playing fields from Glamis Road Storm Blockage will be removed this week.”

Getting things done – Eton Street/Oxford Street/Elliot Road #dundeewestend

Residents have drawn to my attention the rusted goalposts at the Eton Street/Oxford Street/Elliot Road playing field area.

I have asked environment management at the City Council to repaint them.

Temporary Traffic Order – Glamis Drive, Eton Street and Elliot Road

From the City Council :

Dundee City Council proposes to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose of facilitating City Fibre duct installation works. The Order is expected to be in force for 10 days from 11 November 2021. Its maximum duration in terms of the Act is eighteen months

The effect of the Order is to prohibit temporarily all vehicular traffic in (1) Glamis Drive between Glamis Road and Invergowrie Drive and (2) Eton Street and Elliot Road between Blackness Road and Cambridge Street.

Only one section will be closed at any time. Access will be maintained where possible.

Alternative routes will be available via (1) Glamis Drive, Invergowrie Drive, Perth Road, Glamis Road and Glamis Drive and (2) Blackness Road, Oxford Street and Cambridge Street.

For further information, please contact the Network Management Team, City Development Department, Dundee House, 50 North Lindsay Street, Dundee, DD1 1LS or phone 433082.

Getting things done – Eton Street #dundeewestend

 

 

I am grateful to residents who contacted me about a bad pothole in Eton Street.

I reported this to the City Council’s Roads Maintenance Partnership and this has now been repaired along with two smaller potholes.

Unadopted footways programme : Eton Street

Eton Street appears on the unadopted footways list for future adoption.   Residents have queried with me why it has low priority and, on looking at the scoring for the street (in terms of the scheme’s scoring priority), I was surprised at its low points for age of housing.

 

I raised this with the City Engineer and am now pleased to advise of his helpful response :

 

“I can confirm that 6 points is given to streets where the majority of housing is built between 1940 and 1965. 

The scoring system for Age of Housing is as follows:

 

Pre-1919 – 12 points

1920-1939 – 9 points

1940-1965 – 6 points

1966-Present Day – 3 points 

No Houses – 0 points

Please note that the Age of Housing score is given for the majority of houses and that one or two houses built before the assessed time period in a street is not considered sufficient justification for a higher point score.

 

We have however reviewed the Age of Housing in Eton Street and noted from historic maps that 9 houses out of 15 were built pre-1940 (from 1937/38 Town Plans). Given that, we will increase the Age of Housing score to 9 for Eton Street and include it in the current reassessment of the Priority List.”